immediate

adjective

1 the UN resolution called for immediate action:

instant, instantaneous, on-the-spot, prompt, swift, speedy, rapid, quick, expeditious;

sudden, hurried, hasty, precipitate, abrupt;

lightning, whirlwind, overnight;

informal snappy, p.d.q. (pretty damn quick);

literary fleet, rathe;

rare alacritous.

▷antonyms delayed; gradual.

2 there are no immediate plans to launch the product:

current, present, existing, existent, actual, extant;

urgent, pressing;

archaic instant.

▷antonyms past; future.

3 the immediate past is of more importance than a remoter period:

recent, not long past, just gone;

occurring recently.

▷antonyms remote.

4 they have strong ties with their immediate neighbors:

nearest, near, close, closest, next-door;

adjacent, adjoining, abutting, contiguous, proximate.

▷antonyms distant.

5 the coroner identified the immediate cause of death:

direct, primary.

▷antonyms indirect.