front burner

noun

A state of high priority.

Opposite
back burner
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Meanings

nounfront burner (plural front burners)

plural front burners

  1. figurativelyA state of high priority.

    At a moment in American history when homosexuality was already a front-burner issue, Kinsey's report added fuel to the fire.

    2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 11

    Antonyms: back burner

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA state of high priority.

Opposite
back burner

More synonyms by meaning

nountop priority

Opposite
back burner
Broader
precedenceprecedencypriority

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

front burner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20burner

MLA

“front burner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20burner. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “front burner,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20burner.

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