Dictionary Check: immediate

"immediate" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

adjective

of the present time and place

Example: "the immediate revisions"
adjective

very close or connected in space or time

Example: "contiguous events"
Synonyms:
adjective

having no intervening medium

Example: "an immediate influence"
Antonyms:
adjective

immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect

Example: "the immediate result"
adjective

performed with little or no delay

Example: "an immediate reply to my letter"

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