immediate

  • (s) of the present time and place
    • the immediate revisions
  • (s) very close or connected in space or time
    • contiguous events
    • immediate contact
    • the immediate vicinity
    • the immediate past
    contiguous,
  • (a) having no intervening medium
    • an immediate influence
  • (s) immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
    • the immediate result
    • the immediate cause of the trouble
  • (s) performed with little or no delay
    • an immediate reply to my letter
    • a prompt reply
    • was quick to respond
    • a straightaway denial
    straightaway, prompt, quick,

Synonyms

contiguous straightaway prompt quick

Antonyms

mediate

Words of close approximity

immediacy
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