Pyrimidines and their hybrid molecules have continued to be a favorable area for organic chemists owing to their richness in natural and synthetic compounds with multifarious involvement in pharmaceuticals and polymers and act as ligands. Different novel and greener synthetic protocols were developed in the last decades, but microwave‐assisted synthetic protocols played a significant role in constructing pyrimidine and its derivatives. In this article, we summarized the microwave‐supported strategy for the construction of pyrimidine fused or linked/tethered with other heterocycles, polysubstituted pyrimidines, solid‐supported synthesis of pyrimidines, and ionic liquid‐catalyzed strategies for the synthesis of pyrimidine and its derivatives reported in the last decade. Solid‐supported protocols using resins and ionic liquid‐catalyzed strategies afforded the corresponding products with excellent yield by dual activation. In most of the reports, the microwave‐irradiated approach was compared with conventional/traditional heating and found better in terms of reaction time, yield, atom economy, adherence with green chemistry principles, and reduction in purification wastage. Various authors evaluated the in vitro potential of synthesized pyrimidine derivatives for antimicrobial and antimalarial potential, and found moderate to excellent biological activity.