Synonyms for immediately
- adverb
- conjunction
All synonyms
Adverb
1. At once
at once, instantly, now, forthwith formal, directly, right away, this instant, instantaneously, right off, quickly, right now, straight away UK IE, just now, straight off, straight, pronto informal, outright, anon, tout de suite informal, instanter rare, incontinently dated
Other
Conjunction
Definitions
- adv. 1
In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
I hope we can begin immediately.
- conj. 1
As soon as, the moment that.
My dog is an open book: immediately he smelled our dinner, he grew more interested in our activities.
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Immediately primarily signifies without the intervention of anything as a medium, hence without the intervention of any, even the briefest, interval or lapse of time. By and by, which was once a synonym, has become an antonym of immediately, meaning at some (perhaps remote) future time.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- directly Tom needs to hear the bad news directly from Mary.
- instantly When I saw his face, I was instantly on red alert.
By length
- 3 letters
- now1
- 4 letters
- when1, once1, anon2
- 6 letters
- pronto2
- 7 letters
- quickly2, closely2
- 8 letters
- straight1, directly3, outright2
- 9 letters
- instantly3, forthwith2, instanter
- 13 letters
- incontinently
- 15 letters
- instantaneously6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anon2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- immédiatement