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immediate
immediate
SEE DEFINITION OF
immediate
WORDS RELATED TO
IMMEDIATE
early
adverb
sooner than expected
advanced
ahead of time
anticipative
anticipatory
before appointed time
beforehand
direct
immature
immediate
matinal
on short notice
on the dot
overearly
oversoon
preceding
precipitant
precocious
preexistent
premature
previous
prompt
pronto
punctual
quick
seasonable
soon
speedy
unanticipated
unexpected
untimely
existent
adjective
present
contemporary
current
existing
immediate
now
occurring now
ongoing
present-day
taking place
extant
adjective
in existence
actual
alive
around
being
contemporary
current
existent
existing
immediate
in current use
instant
living
not lost
present
present-day
real
remaining
subsisting
surviving
undestroyed
extemporaneous
adjective
improvised
ad hoc
ad-lib
automatic
autoschediastic
by ear
casual
expedient
extemporary
extempore
fake
free
immediate
impromptu
improv
improvisatory
improviso
informal
jamming
made-up
makeshift
offhand
on impulse
on-the-spot
snap
spontaneous
spur-of-the-moment
toss off
toss out
unplanned
unpremeditated
unprepared
unrehearsed
unstudied
winging it
extemporaneous/extemporary
adjective
unrehearsed, improvised
ad hoc
ad lib
at first glance
automatic
by ear
casual
expedient
extempore
free
immediate
impromptu
improv
improvisatory
improviso
informal
jamming
made-up
makeshift
off the cuff
off the top of head
offhand
on impulse
on-the-spot
snap
spontaneous
spur-of-the-moment
taking for ride
thought out loud
tossed off
tossed out
unplanned
unpremeditated
unprepared
unstudied
winging it
firsthand
adjective
direct
eyewitness
immediate
primary
straight
straight from the horse's mouth
hands-on
adjective
active participation; experiential
direct
experienced
explicit
firsthand
immediate
individual
intimate
manual
primary
imminent
adjective
at hand, on the way
about to happen
approaching
brewing
close
coming
expectant
fast-approaching
following
forthcoming
gathering
handwriting-on-the-wall
immediate
impending
in store
in the air
in the cards
in the offing
in the wind
in view
ineluctable
inescapable
inevasible
inevitable
likely
looming
menacing
near
nearing
next
nigh
on its way
on the horizon
on the verge
overhanging
possible
probable
see it coming
threatening
to come
unavoidable
unescapable
imperative
adjective
necessary
acute
burning
clamant
clamorous
compulsory
critical
crucial
crying
essential
exigent
immediate
important
importunate
indispensable
inescapable
insistent
instant
no turning back
obligatory
pressing
urgent
vital
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