What is another word for straightaway?
Synonyms for straightaway
ˈstreɪt əˌweɪ; -ˈweɪstraight·away
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Princeton's WordNet
straightaway, straightadjective
a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
Synonyms:
heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight, straight personAntonyms:
slowimmediate, prompt, quick, straightawayadverb
performed with little or no delay
"an immediate reply to my letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"
Synonyms:
immediate, warm, fast, prompt, spry, speedy, ready, agile, nimble, quick, flying, contiguousAntonyms:
slowimmediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shotadverb
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
"he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!"
Synonyms:
now, at one time, straight, at present, like a shot, instantly, instantaneously, in a flash, at once, outright, nowadays, at a time, today, direct, directly, forthwith, promptly, straight off, right away, flat, immediatelyAntonyms:
slow
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "straightaway":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#75 | now | |
#284 | today | |
#783 | direct | |
#852 | fast | |
#934 | quick | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1413 | directly | |
#1766 | flat | |
#2138 | immediately | |
#2442 | straight | |
#3122 | immediate | |
#3359 | warm | |
#3992 | flying | |
#5875 | instantly | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#9668 | promptly | |
#14681 | contiguous | |
#14815 | speedy | |
#15196 | nowadays | |
#18400 | outright | |
#18644 | agile | |
#23810 | heterosexual | |
#30653 | forthwith | |
#41579 | instantaneously | |
#44422 | nimble | |
#64017 | spry | |
#86275 | straightaway |
How to use straightaway in a sentence?
The reason that my finish mattered was because all my teammates were passing people in the last straightaway. Every single person was fighting for spots—it wasn’t all me, there were really so many other things that had to fall into the place.
I realized straightaway that it was a serious injury. you could see the scissors vibrating to the beating of his heart.
At that time, I had glasses and the moment I opened the door and went out my glasses just fogged up straightaway, i was like, 'man', obviously this is like going to freeze up the whole time.
We will straightaway offer Amazonian countries that signal to us their needs, financial support.
I touched Davide Capello to see whether I was still in one piece as it was a massive shock, i then called the firemen straightaway and they were the ones who helped me first.
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