priority

Meanings

Plural: priorities

Noun

• status established in order of importance or urgency
  • "national independence takes priority over class struggle"
• preceding in time
• An item's relative importance.
• A goal of a person or an organisation.
• The quality of being earlier or coming first compared to another thing; the state of being prior.
• A superior claim to use by virtue of being validly published at an earlier date.
• Precedence; superior rank.
• Right of way; The right to pass (an intersection) before other road users.

Synonyms

antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, dignity, eminence, precedence, precedency, seniority, superiority

Antonyms

posteriority