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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | instantaneous; without delay |
| Synonyms: | actual, at once, at present time, at this moment, critical, current, existing, extant, first, hair-trigger, instant, live, next, now, on hand, paramount, present, pressing, prompt, up-to-date*, urgent |
| Antonyms: | eventually, later, never |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | near, nearby |
| Synonyms: | abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearest, nearly, neighboring, next, nigh, proximate, under one's nose, warm |
| Antonyms: | away, beyond, detached, far, faraway |
| Main Entry: | coming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approaching, promising |
| Synonyms: | about to happen, advancing, almost on one, anticipated, aspiring, at hand, certain, close, converging, deserving, docking, drawing near, due, en route, eventual, expected, fated, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gaining upon, getting near, immediate, imminent, impending, in prospect, in store, in the offing, in the wind, in view, instant, marked, near, nearing, next, nigh, oncoming, ordained, predestined, preparing, progressing, prospective, pursuing, running after, subsequent, to be, up-and-coming |
| Main Entry: | convenient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nearby |
| Synonyms: | accessible, adjacent, adjoining, all around, at elbows, at fingertips, at hand, available, central, close, close at hand, close-by, contiguous, easy to reach, handy, immediate, in neighborhood, next, next door, nigh, on deck, on tap, under one's nose, within reach |
| Antonyms: | distant, far, inconvenient, out-of-the-way, unavailable |
| Main Entry: | direct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | face-to-face; next to |
| Synonyms: | contiguous, firsthand, head-on, immediate, lineal, next, personal, primary, prompt, proximate, resultant, succeeding |
| Antonyms: | indirect |
| Main Entry: | early |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sooner than expected |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | later |
| Main Entry: | extant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in existence |
| Synonyms: | actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, in current use, instant, living, not lost, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, surviving, undestroyed |
| Antonyms: | dead, extinct, gone |
| Main Entry: | extemporaneous/extemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrehearsed, improvised |
| Synonyms: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | planned, prepared, read, rehearsed, written |
| Main Entry: | firsthand |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | direct |
| Synonyms: | eyewitness, immediate, primary, straight, straight from the horse's mouth |
| Antonyms: | hearsay, impersonal, indirect |
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