Immediate

Adjective

 * 1) happening right away, instantly, with no delay
 * People these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.
 * 1) Very close; direct or adjacent.
 * immediate family
 * immediate surroundings

Related terms

 * immediacy

Derived terms

 * immediately

Thesaurus
about to be, abrupt, accessible, actual, adjacent, adjoining, alert, already in sight, approaching, apt, articulated, as is, at hand, attendant, automatic, available, being, bordering, brewing, catenated, ceaseless, close, close at hand, closest, coming, concatenated, connected, connecting, constant, contemporaneous, contemporary, conterminous, contiguous, continual, continued, continuing, continuous, coterminous, current, cursory, cyclical, decisive, direct, end to end, endless, endways, endwise, existent, existing, expeditious, extant, face to face, featureless, festinate, feverish, firsthand, flying, forthcoming, fresh, furious, future, gapless, gathering, going to happen, hair-trigger, hasty, hurried, immanent, imminent, impendent, impending, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, incessant, indwelling, inherent, instant, instantaneous, instinctive, interminable, irreversible, joined, jointless, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, last-minute, latest, lightning-like, linked, looming, lowering, lurking, menacing, modern, momentaneous, momentary, monotonous, near, near at hand, nearby, nearest, nearing, nearmost, neighbor, neighboring, never-ending, new, next, nigh, nighest, nonstop, on board, on deck, on hand, on the horizon, on the spot, one-way, overhanging, passing, perennial, periodic, preparing, present, present-age, present-day, present-time, pressing, presto, primary, prompt, proximate, punctual, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, ready, recurrent, reflex, repetitive, round-the-clock, running, seamless, serried, slap-bang, slapdash, smooth, snap, speedy, spontaneous, stable, steady, straight, straightaway, straightforward, straightway, sudden, summary, superficial, swift, that be, that is, that will be, threatening, to come, topical, twenty-four-hour, unbroken, unceasing, undeviating, undifferentiated, unending, unhesitating, unidirectional, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unrelieved, unremitting, unstopped, unswerving, unthinking, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, upcoming, urgent, waiting, within call, within reach, within sight

Etymology
From immediat:, from  immediatus:, from  in: + mediatus:, past participle of medio:, from medius:

Translations

 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese: 直接
 * Czech:
 * Danish: øjeblikkelig
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:


 * Greek:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 即時の
 * Korean:
 * Persian: آنی (بلافاصله)
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: imediat, imediată
 * Russian: неме́дленно m/f/n
 * Scottish Gaelic: grad
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, omedelbar
 * Telugu: తక్షణ (takshaNa)


 * Czech:
 * Danish: tæt
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Persian: نزدیک
 * Swedish: omedelbar

Anagrams

 * metiamide

Adjective
immediate