straight away

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 instanter like now now or never on the dot on the double on the spot pronto right now soon afterward 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 instanter on a dime pronto right spontaneously there and then this minute tout de suite without delay

Antonyms

STRONG

later

WEAK

eventually

ADVERB

readily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheerfully eagerly easily freely gladly immediately promptly willingly

WEAK

at once at the drop of a hat facilely hands down in a jiffy in no time lightly no sweat nothing to it piece of cake quick as a wink right away slick as whistle smoothly speedily swimmingly unhesitatingly well without delay without demur without difficulty without hesitation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly grudgingly unwillingly

ADVERB

right

Synonyms

STRONGEST

away straight

STRONG

direct due now

WEAK

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

Antonyms

WEAK

inaccurately inappropriately incorrectly indirectly unfairly unjustly unsuitably wrongly

Example Sentences

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They will close at 10:00 pm, with counting due to begin straight away.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Warsh is unlikely to vote for a rate cut straight away, Commerzbank’s Antje Praefcke said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz won’t return to normal straight away, she says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

The difference is that when Norris was struggling to feel the front of the McLaren, he acknowledged it pretty much straight away, and the team were open about what was going on.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

As it happened, by sheer luck really, he discovered straight away a street with four shops of just the kind we were after, standing virtually in a row.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

straight away

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