Another word for timely
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Adjective
Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time
- Occurring or done at an opportune time:
- Typical of or suitable for the season or the time of year:
- Occurring or performed at a suitable or proper time; opportune:
- Having success; flourishing:
- Well-to-do; well-off:
- Propitious; favorable:
- Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; auspicious:
- Merciful or kindly:
- Suited or right for a particular purpose:
- Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time:
- Advantageous; helpful:
- Encouraging; propitious:
- Manifesting approval; commendatory:
- Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; propitious:
See also:Occurring, acting, or performed exactly at the time appointed
- Acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed; prompt.
- Paid or accomplished at or by the appointed time.
- Precise; exact.
- Being on time; punctual.
- Carried out or performed without delay:
- To move to act; spur; incite:
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Another word for timely
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- Of sufficient interest or importance to the public to warrant reporting in the media.
- Informed of or reflecting the latest information or changes:
- Being in accord with the latest ideas, improvements, or styles:
- Of or relating to recent times or the present:
- Characteristic or expressive of recent times or the present; contemporary or up-to-date:
- Of or relating to a recently developed or advanced style, technique, or technology:
- Occurring or done at an opportune time:
- Presenting favorable circumstances or showing signs of a favorable outcome; auspicious:
- Merciful or kindly:
- Advantageous; helpful:
- Encouraging; propitious:
- Manifesting approval; commendatory:
- Suited or favorable to one's comfort, purpose, or needs:
- Easy to reach; accessible:
- Close at hand; near:
- Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
- To set apart for a specific use:
- To take possession of or make use of exclusively for oneself, often without permission:
- Appropriate to a purpose or an occasion.
- Typical of or suitable for the season or the time of year:
- Occurring or performed at a suitable or proper time; opportune:
- Suited or right for a particular purpose:
- Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time:
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Synonym Study
- Seasonable applies literally to that which is suited to the season of the year or, figuratively, to the moment or occasion seasonable weather
- Opportune refers to that which is so timed, often as if by accident, as to meet exactly the needs of the occasion the opportune arrival of a supply train
- Timely applies to that which happens or is done at an appropriate time, esp. at such a time as to be of help or service a timely interruption
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