Immediate Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭ-mēdē-ĭt
Occurring at once
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. instant
  2. instantaneous
  3. lightning-like
  4. nearmost
Antonyms:
  1. mediate
Without delay
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. near
  2. direct
  3. close
  4. instantaneous
  5. instant
  6. contiguous
  7. prompt
  8. next
  9. quick
  10. proximate
  11. at-once
  12. straightaway
  13. adjacent
  14. on the instant
  15. abrupt
  16. live
  17. anon
  18. now
  19. critical
  20. at this moment
  21. directly
  22. at the present time
  23. forthwith
  24. immediately
  25. nearby
  26. instantaneously
  27. nigh
  28. instanter
  29. presto
  30. sudden
  31. tout-de-suite
  32. urgent
Antonyms:
  1. later
  2. someday
  3. delayed
  4. eventually
  5. any-time
  6. never
  7. gradual
Primary
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. pressing
  2. direct
  3. critical
  4. firsthand
  5. paramount
  6. primary
Near
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. close
Antonyms:
  1. far
  2. distant
  3. away
  4. remote
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. directness
  2. immediacy
  3. instantaneity

Words Related to Immediate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Immediate 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.

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

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

  • When we placed Toby with you, we altered the minds of those in your immediate family circle.

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