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Immediate synonyms

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now
(Slang) Currently fashionable; trendy:
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  1. (Slang) Currently fashionable; trendy:
  2. Of the present time; current:
instantaneous
Present or occurring at a specific instant:
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  1. Present or occurring at a specific instant:
  2. Existing at a particular instant
  3. Done or made without delay; immediate
instant
Appearing, done, or taking place with great quickness and ease:
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  1. Appearing, done, or taking place with great quickness and ease:
  2. Without delay; immediate
  3. (Archaic) Present; current
live
Of current interest or relevance:
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  1. Of current interest or relevance:
  2. (Informal) Full of life, excitement, or activity; lively:
  3. Of, related to, or occurring during the life of one that is living:
next
Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence:
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  1. Immediately following, as in time, order, or sequence:
prompt
Quick to act or to do what is required; ready, punctual, etc.
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  1. Quick to act or to do what is required; ready, punctual, etc.
  2. Carried out or performed without delay:
  3. Being on time; punctual.
quick
Reacting immediately and sharply:
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  1. Reacting immediately and sharply:
  2. Done or occurring immediately:
  3. Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time:
pressing
Demanding immediate attention; urgent:
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  1. Demanding immediate attention; urgent:
  2. Very earnest or insistent:
  3. Persistent in request or demand; insistent
critical
Including scholarly commentary and interpretation:
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  1. Including scholarly commentary and interpretation:
  2. Extremely important or essential:
  3. (Physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction:
paramount
Ranking higher than any other, as in power or importance; chief; supreme
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  1. Ranking higher than any other, as in power or importance; chief; supreme
  2. Highest in rank, power, or authority:
instant
Commercially prepared or processed for quick and easy final preparation:
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  1. Commercially prepared or processed for quick and easy final preparation:
  2. Quickly and easily resolved or determined:
  3. Occurring at once; immediate:
instantaneous
Done or made as quickly or directly as possible:
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  1. Done or made as quickly or directly as possible:
  2. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay:
  3. Existing at a particular instant
adjacent
Laying near or close by, but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining. Laying near or close by, but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining.
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  1. Laying near or close by, but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining. Laying near or close by, but not necessarily connected. See also adjoining.
  2. Near or close (to something); adjoining
  3. Close to; lying near:
close
Near in interests, affection, etc.; intimate; familiar
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  1. Near in interests, affection, etc.; intimate; familiar
  2. Warm and humid or stuffy:
  3. Being near in relationship:
contiguous
In physical contact; touching along all or most of one side
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  1. In physical contact; touching along all or most of one side
  2. Near, next, or adjacent
  3. Close, nearby, or in close proximity, but not touching. See adjacent and adjoining.
near
Closer of two or more:
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  1. Closer of two or more:
  2. Close in time, space, position, or degree:
  3. Nearly occurring but not actually happening:
nearby
Located a short distance away; close at hand.
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  1. Located a short distance away; close at hand.
  2. Near; close at hand
nigh
Being on the left side of an animal or vehicle:
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  1. Being on the left side of an animal or vehicle:
  2. Being near in time, place, or relationship; close:
  3. Near; close
proximate
Direct or immediate:
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  1. Direct or immediate:
  2. Nearly accurate; approximate
  3. Very near or next, as in space, time, or order.
direct
Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving:
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  1. Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving:
  2. Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates:
  3. Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute:
firsthand
Received from the original source:
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  1. Received from the original source:
  2. Direct, without intermediate stages.
  3. From the original producer or source; direct
primary
Of or relating to agriculture, forestry, the industries that extract natural materials from the earth, or the products so obtained:
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  1. Of or relating to agriculture, forestry, the industries that extract natural materials from the earth, or the products so obtained:
  2. (Botany) Of, relating to, or derived from a primary meristem.
  3. Of or relating to primary stress.
Find another word for immediate. In this page you can discover 41 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for immediate, like: now, at-once, instantaneous, instant, on the instant, live, at this moment, at the present time, next, prompt and quick.

Sentence Examples

  • He scowled at the immediate burn and taste of acid.

  • In 1585 Lord Deputy Sir John Perrot undertook the shiring of Ulster (excluding the counties Antrim and Down, which had already taken shape); and his work, though of little immediate effect owing to the rising of Hugh O'Neill, served as a basis for the division of the territory at the plantation of Ulster in the reign of James I.

  • Lisa felt an immediate bond with the slender mother of her rescuer.

  • There was no point getting into it, so she focused on the immediate problem.

  • She had met once with her immediate neighbor, the king of Palmis, but this clan that had snatched her plainly did not know who she was, or they would not seek to kill a queen in such a way.

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