emergent Antonyms
Opposite of emergent
• adjective (Context 1)
In the process of coming into being, developing, or becoming prominent.
"The summit focused on trade policies among declining economies in Southeast Asia."
• adjective (Context 2)
Arising as a complex whole or unexpected property from the interaction of simpler individual components that do not possess that property on their own.
"Consciousness is often studied by neuroscientists as an reducible property of neural networks."
• adjective (Context 3)
Arising unexpectedly and calling for immediate action; urgent (especially in medical contexts).
"The patient was rushed into the operating room for nonurgent cardiac surgery."
• adjective (Context 4)
Growing upward out of water into the air, or rising high above the surrounding forest canopy (of aquatic plants or tall rainforest trees).
"Dragonflies frequently perch on submergent aquatic vegetation along the edge of the pond."
Similar words to emergent
Words similar to emergent shift depending on context. Common synonyms include: