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on the dot
adjective as in early
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in prompt
adjective as in punctual
Strongest matches
adverb as in early
Strongest matches
adverb as in exactly
Strongest matches
Strong match
adverb as in immediately
Strong match
Weak matches
- PDQ
- anon
- at short notice
- away
- double-time
- hereupon
- in a New York minute
- in a flash
- in a jiffy
- in nothing flat
- instantaneously
- instanter
- like now
- now or never
- on the double
- on the spot
- pronto
- right now
- soon afterward
- straight away
- straight off
- summarily
- thereupon
- this instant
- this minute
- tout de suite
- unhesitatingly
- without delay
- without hesitation
adverb as in promptly
adverb as in right off the bat
Weak matches
Example Sentences
At 10 a.m. on the dot, an employee opens the door and the all-day parade begins.
“Tomorrow is actually one year on the dot since I met him.”
We caught up with fans ahead of the three-hour show — Knight opened at 7 p.m. on the dot.
As a three-hour program — Knight opened at 7 p.m. on the dot — Sunday’s show moved quickly, with a rotating stage that whirred to life after each woman’s set.
Emily also says she got phone calls from “multiple family members at nine on the dot”, which she found really frustrating.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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