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| Main Entry: | immediate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instantaneous; without delay |
| Synonyms: | actual, critical, current, existing, extant, first, instant, live, next, now, paramount, present, pressing, prompt, up-to-date*, urgent, at once, at present time, at this moment, hair-trigger, on hand |
| Antonyms: | eventually, later, never |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immediate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, next |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, close, contiguous, direct, firsthand, nearby, nigh, primary, proximate, recent, near-at-hand, nearest, proximal |
| Antonyms: | away, distant, far |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
| Synonyms: | anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, deserving, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, immediate, imminent, impending, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, preparing, prospective, pursuing, subsequent, up-and-coming, about to happen, advancing, almost on one, converging, docking, drawing near, gaining upon, getting near, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, predestined, progressing, running after, to be |
| Main Entry: | extant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in existence |
| Synonyms: | actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existing, immediate, instant, living, present, real, remaining, surviving, existent, in current use, not lost, present-day, subsisting, undestroyed |
| Antonyms: | dead, extinct, gone |
| Main Entry: | extemporaneous/extemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrehearsed, improvised |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, automatic, casual, expedient, extempore, free, immediate, impromptu, informal, made-up, makeshift, off the cuff*, offhand, snap, spontaneous, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unstudied, ad lib, at first glance, by ear, improv, improvisatory, improviso, jamming, off the top of head, on impulse, on-the-spot, spur-of-the-moment, taking for ride, thought out loud, tossed off, tossed out, winging it |
| Antonyms: | planned, prepared, read, written, rehearsed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | firsthand |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | direct |
| Synonyms: | eyewitness, immediate, primary, straight, straight from the horse's mouth |
| Antonyms: | hearsay, impersonal, indirect |
| Main Entry: | imminent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at hand, on the way |
| Synonyms: | approaching, close, coming, expectant, following, forthcoming, gathering, immediate, impending, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, likely, looming, menacing, near, nearing, next, nigh, possible, probable, threatening, unavoidable, about to happen, brewing, fast-approaching, handwriting-on-the-wall, in store, in the air, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, inevasible, on its way, on the horizon, on the verge, overhanging, see it coming, to come, unescapable |
| Notes: | if you mean 'famous' or 'superior,' you want eminent; if you mean 'impending, about to happen' that is imminent; and if you mean 'present, inherent,' your word is immanent imminent is 'about to happen' and immanent is 'inherent' or 'pervading the material world' |
| Antonyms: | distant, doubtful, far, future, later |
| Main Entry: | intuitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instinctive |
| Synonyms: | automatic, direct, emotional, habitual, immediate, inherent, innate, involuntary, natural, perceptive, spontaneous, understood, untaught, visceral, instinctual, unreflecting |
| Antonyms: | calculated, taught, meditated, reasoned |
| Main Entry: | nearby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | adjoining |
| Synonyms: | adjacent, close, contiguous, convenient, handy, immediate, neighboring, proximate, ready, close-at-hand, close-by |
| Antonyms: | far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | pressing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important; urgent |
| Synonyms: | acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, dire, distressing, exacting, exigent, immediate, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, life-and-death*, obliging, requiring, serious, vital, claiming, constraining, forcing, heat-on, high-priority, hurry-up |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, trivial, unimportant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prompt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | early, responsive |
| Synonyms: | alert, apt, brisk, eager, efficient, expeditious, immediate, instant, instantaneous, on the ball*, on the nose*, on time, precise, punctual, quick, rapid, ready, smart, speedy, swift, timely, vigilant, watchful, wide-awake, willing, on the button, on the dot, unhesitating |
| Antonyms: | late, negligent, slow, tardy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | speedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast, quick |
| Synonyms: | accelerated, agile, breakneck, brisk, expeditious, express, fleet, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, lissome, lively, nimble, precipitate, prompt, rapid, ready, snappy, summary, swift, winged, alacritous, harefooted, quick-fire, rapid-fire, supersonic, ultrasonic |
| Antonyms: | delayed, tardy, halted, slowed |
| Main Entry: | sudden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unexpected; happening quickly |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, accelerated, acute, expeditious, fast, flash, fleet, hasty, headlong, hurried, immediate, impetuous, impromptu, impulsive, out of the blue*, precipitate, precipitous, quick, rapid, rash, rushing, spasmodic, swift, unforeseen, unusual, precipitant, quickened, speeded, subito |
| Antonyms: | expected, slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | urgent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | needing immediate attention |
| Synonyms: | burning*, capital, chief, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying*, demanding, driving, essential, exigent, foremost, heavy*, immediate, imperative, important, importunate, indispensable, insistent, instant, leading, momentous, necessary, paramount, persuasive, pressing, primary, principal, required, salient, serious, touchy*, vital, wanted, weighty*, called-for, demanded, hurry-up, impelling, life and death, top-priority, touch and go |
| Antonyms: | moderate, unimportant, unnecessary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extemporaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improvised |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, ad-lib, automatic, casual, expedient, extempore, fake, free, immediate, impromptu, informal, made-up, makeshift, offhand, snap, spontaneous, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied, autoschediastic, by ear, extemporary, improv, improvisatory, improviso, jamming, on impulse, on-the-spot, spur-of-the-moment, toss off, toss out, winging it |
| Antonyms: | deliberate, planned, premeditated, prepared, rehearsed |
| Main Entry: | requiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | needing |
| Synonyms: | compelling, demanding, dire, exacting, immediate, pressing, urgent, calling for, forcing, involving, necessitating |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, nearby |
| Synonyms: | abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under one's nose, warm |
| Antonyms: | away, beyond, detached, far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | imperative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | necessary |
| Synonyms: | acute, burning, clamant, clamorous, compulsory, critical, crucial, crying, essential, exigent, immediate, important, importunate, indispensable, inescapable, insistent, instant, obligatory, pressing, urgent, vital, no turning back |
| Antonyms: | optional, secondary, unnecessary, voluntary, inessential |
| Main Entry: | near |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | close by physically |
| Synonyms: | abreast, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, along toward, alongside, approximal, around, at close quarters, available, beside, bordering, burning, close, close shave, close-at-hand, close-by, conterminous, contiguous, convenient, hair's breadth, handy, immediate, in close proximity, near-at-hand, nearby, neighboring, next door, nigh*, not remote, practically, proximal, proximate, ready, side-by-side, touching, vincinal, warm*, within stone's throw |
| Antonyms: | away, distant, far, remote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing; at this time |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, already, begun, being, coeval, contemporary, current, extant, immediate, instant, modern, prompt, started, topical, up-to-date, at this moment, commenced, contemporaneous, even now, existent, for the time being, going on, in duration, in process, just now, nowadays, present-day, today, under consideration |
| Antonyms: | absent, former, future, past, previous |
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