Definitions

instanter

[in-stan-ter] / ɪnˈstæn tər /

ADVERB

directly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

immediately instantaneously instantly promptly quickly shortly

STRONG

forthwith straightaway

WEAK

anon at once contiguously dead due first off in a second presently pronto right away speedily straight off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

eventually later

WEAK

indirectly

ADVERB

immediately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directly forthwith instantly promptly rapidly shortly soon urgently

STRONG

now

WEAK

PDQ anon at short notice away double-time hereupon in a New York minute in a flash in a jiffy in nothing flat instantaneously like now now or never on the dot 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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

later

WEAK

eventually never

ADVERB

instantly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

directly immediately instantaneously right away

STRONG

forthwith now

WEAK

PDQ at once away double-time first off in a flash on a dime pronto right spontaneously straight away there and then this minute tout de suite without delay

Antonyms

STRONG

later

WEAK

eventually

ADVERB

now

Synonyms

STRONGEST

today

STRONG

directly forthwith immediately instantly nowadays straightaway

WEAK

PDQ any more at once at the moment at this moment at this time away first off here and now in a minute in a moment in nothing flat just now like now momentarily on the double promptly pronto right away right now soon these days this day

Antonyms

STRONG

eventually later

WEAK

future past

ADVERB

right

Synonyms

STRONGEST

away straight

STRONG

direct due now

WEAK

at once first off forthwith immediately instantly promptly quickly right away straight away straightly undeviatingly

Antonyms

WEAK

inaccurately inappropriately incorrectly indirectly unfairly unjustly unsuitably wrongly

ADVERB

right off

Synonyms

WEAK

anon at once contiguously dead due first off forthwith immediately in a second instant instantaneously instantly now presently promptly pronto quickly right away shortly speedily straight off straightaway

ADVERB

straight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

away dead right away

STRONG

direct due now right straightaway

WEAK

as the crow flies at once exactly first off forthwith in direct line instantly lineally point-blank straightforwardly straightly undeviatingly

Antonyms

STRONG

indirectly

WEAK

later

ADVERB

straightaway

Synonyms

STRONG

dead due forthwith immediately instant instantly now right straight

WEAK

anon at once contiguously direct first off in a second instantaneously presently promptly pronto quickly right away right off shortly speedily straight off

Antonyms

STRONG

eventually indirectly later

ADVERB

straight off

Synonyms

WEAK

anon at once contiguously dead due first off forthwith immediately in a second instant instantaneously instantly now presently promptly pronto quickly right away right off shortly speedily straightaway

Example Sentences

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Not every victim of a heart attack dies instanter.

From Time Magazine Archive

That tipped it, of course, and instanter the troubadour was all but drowned out by a swarm of laughing, giggling flower children.

From Time Magazine Archive

None doubted that Miss Louise Moore had drowned instanter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ridgewell's can supply 200 silver table settings instanter.

From Time Magazine Archive

He congratulated me, and asked that we might remove ourselves there instanter so he could sleep without being roused by Irish balladry and ensigns lifting their shirts to compare back-hair.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

instanter

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