Synonyms for soon
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. soon

   Synonyms:
   shortly, quickly, promptly, before long, early

   Antonyms:
   late, slowly, tardily

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. soon, shortly, presently, before longadverb

   in the near future

   "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long"

   Synonyms:
   in short, shortly, curtly, short, concisely, presently, currently, in brief, briefly, before long

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. soonadjective

   Synonyms:
   shortly, presently, before long, pretty soon, by and by, in a short time

2. soonadjective

   Synonyms:
   early, at so early an hour

3. soonadjective

   Synonyms:
   lief, willingly, readily, gladly

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "soon":

   shortly, quickly, rapidly, early, fast, sooner, before, pronto, swiftly, promptly, quick, earlier, speedily, briefly, hurry, prior, expeditiously, little, immediately, short, near

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1. David Renshaw:

   We are currently working with officials in the Philippines to locate Fr. Bien and return him to the United States to face the charges against him, a canonical review will begin soon, whether or not he returns to the States.

2. Eric Penicka:

   From a business perspective, that spot was a pretty smart idea—Budweiser needs to speak to its core fanbase and let them know they won’t be changing their recipe any time soon.

3. Maxime Aubert:

   To me, the most fascinating aspect of our research is that humanity's oldest cave art is at least 44,000 years old and it already has all the key components relating to modern cognition, [ like ] hand stencils, figurative art, storytelling, therianthropes and religious thinking, so it must have a much older origin, possibly in Africa or soon after we left Africa.

4. Jack Woodall:

   We need to get a low-dose vaccine authorized as soon as possible because if we keep using full doses we will never catch up.

5. Delaware Gov. John Carney:

   I understand the New Jersey legislature will vote pretty soon. I don't expect we'll be the only one for very long.