immediate

The word “immediate” has 4 syllables: im-me-di-ate

It's pronounced as /ɪˈmiːdiət/

What is synonym and antonym for immediate?

In the thesaurus, “immediate” has 94 synonyms and 65 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for immediate along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for immediate

abutting
accessible
actual
adjacent
adjoining
approaching
apt
at hand
at once
at present time
at this moment
being
bordering
breathing
clinical
close
close-in
close-up
coming
contemporary
contiguous
convenient
critical
current
direct
early
efficient
empiric
empirical
existent
existing
extant
fast
first
firsthand
forthcoming
hair-trigger
hand-to-hand
hands-on
handy
hit-and-run
instant
instantaneous
live
living
mod
modern
modernistic
near
near-at-hand
nearby
nearest
neighboring
new
new-fashioned
newfangled
next
next-door
nigh
now
on hand
oncoming
ongoing
opportune
paramount
present
present-day
pressing
primary
prompt
proximal
proximate
punctual
quick
rapid
ready
recent
red-hot
seasonable
space-age
speedy
split-second
straightaway
summary
supermodern
swift
timely
to hand
ultramodern
unmediated
up-to-date
upcoming
urgent
willing

Antonyms for immediate

ago
ancient
antediluvian
antiquated
antique
archaic
away
behind
behindhand
belated
bygone
coming
completed
concluded
dated
deep
deferred
delayed
delinquent
detained
dilatory
distant
divorced
done
ended
erstwhile
eventually
far
far-off
faraway
finished
former
fusty
future
indirect
laggard
late
later
latish
musty
never
noncontemporary
obsolete
old
old-fashioned
old-time
oldfangled
out-of-date
outworn
over
overdue
past
prolonged
protracted
remote
removed
secondhand
separated
slow
sluggish
tardy
terminated
through
unborn
up

Meanings of immediate

adjective
1. Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
2. Very close; direct or adjacent.
3. Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
4. (of an instruction operand) embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
5. (procedure word) Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.
6. (procedure word) An artillery fire mission modifier for to types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).

Example Sentences

The doctor said the patient needed immediate medical attention.
Her immediate reaction was one of shock and disbelief.
We need to make an immediate decision to avoid delays.
The fire alarm required an immediate evacuation of the building.
The boss called for an immediate meeting with the team.

On this page you'll find 159 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to immediate, such as: abutting, accessible, actual, adjacent, adjoining, ago, ancient.

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