Synonyms of priorities

priorities

noun

plural of priority

as in precedences

the right to one's attention before other things considered less important

the committee has decided to give your request priority, so you'll have a meeting early tomorrow morning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• precedences
• rights-of-way
• urgencies
• preferences
• orders
• primacies
• sequences
• successions
• transcendences
• supremacies
• progressions
• preeminences
• ascendancies
• transcendencies
• front burners

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• back burners

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of priorities

Patterson said on his campaign website his priorities include pushing for local rather than state control, strengthening criminal accountability, securing funding for infrastructure and protecting homeowners from rising property tax rates. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Sugihara cited cuts to arts funding, shifting corporate priorities, industry contractions, mass layoffs and shrinking writers’ rooms. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

Explaining those differences early allows a useful conversation about priorities. — Christoph Lymbersky, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Restoring brand relevance is the first of five priorities in Waldencast’s strategy to get Milk back to growth. — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

Previous administrations have not used the Medicare Improvement Fund in this way, although Congress has periodically taken out money from the fund to pay for other priorities, said Larry Levitt, KFF’s executive vice president for health policy. — Melissa Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Two years later, health complications ranging from an inguinal hernia to a diabetes diagnosis forced him to shift his priorities. — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026

Cohen accepts that policy priorities shift when a new Administration takes power. — Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026