Thesaurus:soon

Thesaurus

soon

English

Adverb

Sense: within a short time

Synonyms

• anon
• betimes (archaic)
• by and by
• directly (British, dialect)
• dreckley (British, dialect)
• early    [⇒ thesaurus]
• eftsoons (archaic)
• hastily (obsolete)
• imminently
• just now (Scotland, S. Africa)
• momentarily (US, proscribed)
• presently
• promptly
• pronto
• quickly    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rear (British, dialect)
• shortly
• soon
• tidely (rare)

Antonyms

• behind time
• eventually    [⇒ thesaurus]
• immediately    [⇒ thesaurus]
• on time
• punctually    [⇒ thesaurus]
• recently    [⇒ thesaurus]
• someday
• sometime    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• sooner than later
•   —
• ASAP
• in a minute
• PDQ
• right away
• toot sweet (slang)

Hypernyms

• subsequently    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:prematurely

Further reading

• “132. earliness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “soon” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.