Thesaurus
immediate
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of IMMEDIATE
1
done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time <felt immediate relief after taking the painkiller>
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done, carried out, or given without delay <immediate treatment saved the victim of the massive heart attack>
Near Antonyms delinquent, latish, overdue; behind, behindhand, delayed, detained; dilatory, laggard, slow
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not being distant in time, space, or significance <for the victims of the terrorist attack, the incident is as immediate as yesterday's news>
Related Words abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, contiguous; approaching, coming, forthcoming, oncoming, upcoming; accessible, convenient, handy; close-in, hand-to-hand
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existing or in progress right now <we need to solve the immediate problems before working on the more long-term ones>
Related Words contemporary, mod, modern, modernistic, new, newfangled, new-fashioned, recent, red-hot, space-age, supermodern, ultramodern, up-to-date; being, breathing, existent, existing, living
Near Antonyms coming, future, unborn; completed, concluded, done, ended, finished, over, terminated, through, up; ancient, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, dated, fusty, musty, noncontemporary, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old-time, out-of-date, outworn, passé; ago, bygone, erstwhile, former, past
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