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immediacy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of immediacy

the state or condition of being near

  • the immediacy of Christmas is just beginning to dawn on many last-minute shoppers
Synonyms of immediacy

adjacency, closeness, contiguity, nearness, propinquity, proximity, vicinity
Words Related to immediacy

abutment, juxtaposition
Antonyms of immediacy

distance, remoteness

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