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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

swift or quick, on the spot, done at once;

e.g. The change in her schedule was immediate.

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Similar Words

Close-up

Current

Direct

Extant

Firsthand

Hands-on

Hit-and-run

Instant

Instantaneous

Near

Nearby

Next-door

Nigh

Ongoing

Present

Present-day

Primary

Prompt

Proximate

Punctual

Speedy

Split-second

Straightaway

Supermodern

Timely

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Opposite Words

Ago

Ancient

Antediluvian

Antiquated

Antique

Archaic

Away

Behind

Behindhand

Belated

Bygone

Coming

Dated

Deep

Deferred

Delinquent

Dilatory

Distant

Done

Erstwhile

Far

Far-off

Faraway

Finished

Former

Fusty

Future

Inaccessible

Inapproachable

Inconvenient

Indirect

Laggard

Late

Latish

Musty

Noncontemporary

Noncritical

Obsolete

Old

Old-fashioned

Old-time

Oldfangled

Out-of-date

Outworn

Over

Overdue

Parted

Past

Prolonged

Remote

Removed

Secondhand

Slow

Sluggish

Tardy

Through

Unapproachable

Unattainable

Unavailable

Unborn

Unobtainable

Unreachable

Untouchable

Up

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Related Words

Abutting

Accessible

Acute

Adjacent

Adjoining

Alert

Apt

Being

Breathing

Burning

Clinical

Coming

Compelling

Contemporary

Contiguous

Convenient

Crying

Dire

Early

Efficient

Emergent

Empiric

Empirical

Exigent

Existent

Expeditious

Fast

Flush

Following

Forthcoming

Hands-on

Handy

Hit-and-run

Imperative

Imperious

Importunate

Instant

Joining

Living

Mod

Modern

New

New-fashioned

Newfangled

Next

Oncoming

Opportune

Pressing

Prompt

Proximate

Quick

Rapid

Ready

Recent

Red-hot

Seasonable

Skirting

Space-age

Speedy

Summary

Supermodern

Swift

Touching

Ultramodern

Up-to-date

Upcoming

Urgent

Willing

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Phrases

• it's high time

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