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pronto

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pronto

1 with great speed
  • if they don't arrive pronto, we'll have to go to the movie without them
Synonyms of pronto

apace, briskly, chop-chop, double-quick, fast, fleetly, full tilt, hastily, hell-for-leather, hot, lickety-split, posthaste, presto, quick, quickly, rapidly, snappily, soon, speedily, swift, swiftly
Words Related to pronto

immediately, promptly, readily

impetuously, impulsively, rashly, recklessly

abruptly, suddenly

energetically, vigorously
Phrases Synonymous with pronto

a mile a minute, at full throttle, at full tilt, by leaps and bounds, in a hurry, in short order, like a shot, like gangbusters, like wildfire
Near Antonyms of pronto

laggardly, lingeringly, ploddingly, sluggishly

deliberately, leisurely

belatedly, delinquently, tardily
Antonyms of pronto

slow, slowly
2 without delay
  • the kind of boss who wants everything pronto
Synonyms of pronto

bang, directly, forthwith, headlong, immediately, incontinently, instantaneously, instanter, instantly, now, PDQ, plumb, presently, promptly, right, right away, right now, right off, straight off, straightaway, straightway
Words Related to pronto

away, freely

anon, momentarily, shortly, soon

apace, briskly, fast, fleetly, full-tilt, posthaste, quick, quickly, rapidly, readily, snappily, speedily, swift, swiftly

abruptly, presto, suddenly, unexpectedly

hastily, impetuously, impulsively, rashly, recklessly

exactly, opportunely, punctually, seasonably
Phrases Synonymous with pronto

at once, in no time, off the bat, on a dime, on the double, on the spot
Near Antonyms of pronto

slowly

late, tardily

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