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immediate
immediate
SEE DEFINITION OF
immediate
WORDS RELATED TO
IMMEDIATE
more primary
adjective
basic
central
chief
constitutional
direct
dominant
earliest
elementary
essential
first
fundamental
idiopathic
immediate
initial
leading
main
primal
prime
primitive
principal
simple
underlying
vital
more urgent
adjective
needing immediate attention
burning
called-for
capital
chief
clamant
clamorous
compelling
critical
crucial
crying
demanded
demanding
driving
essential
exigent
foremost
heavy
hurry-up
immediate
impelling
imperative
important
importunate
indispensable
insistent
instant
leading
life and death
momentous
necessary
paramount
persuasive
pressing
primary
principal
required
salient
serious
top-priority
touch and go
touchy
vital
wanted
weighty
most 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
most 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
most pressing
adjective
important; urgent
acute
burning
claiming
clamant
clamorous
compelling
constraining
critical
crucial
crying
demanding
dire
distressing
exacting
exigent
forcing
heat-on
high-priority
hurry-up
immediate
imperative
importunate
insistent
instant
life-and-death
obliging
requiring
serious
vital
most primary
adjective
basic
central
chief
constitutional
direct
dominant
earliest
elementary
essential
first
fundamental
idiopathic
immediate
initial
leading
main
primal
prime
primitive
principal
simple
underlying
vital
most urgent
adjective
needing immediate attention
burning
called-for
capital
chief
clamant
clamorous
compelling
critical
crucial
crying
demanded
demanding
driving
essential
exigent
foremost
heavy
hurry-up
immediate
impelling
imperative
important
importunate
indispensable
insistent
instant
leading
life and death
momentous
necessary
paramount
persuasive
pressing
primary
principal
required
salient
serious
top-priority
touch and go
touchy
vital
wanted
weighty
near
adjective
close by physically
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
nearby
adjective
adjoining
adjacent
close
close-at-hand
close-by
contiguous
convenient
handy
immediate
neighboring
proximate
ready
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