All pronto synonyms
pronΒ·to
P p adverb pronto
- now β at the present time or moment: You are now using a dictionary.
- quick β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- nowadays β at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- expeditiously β In an expeditious manner.
- quickly β with speed; rapidly; very soon.
adv pronto
- instantaneously β occurring, done, or completed in an instant: an instantaneous response.
- chop chop β pidgin English for quickly
- instanter β immediately; at once.
- in time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- in the bud β Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- instantly β immediately; at once.
- in advance β to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- by and by β presently or eventually
- directly β in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- in short order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- immediately β without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once: Please telephone him immediately.
- full tilt β at the full potential, speed, energy, forcefulness, etc.
- bright and early β very early in the morning
- hereupon β upon or on this.
- in good time β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- at present β A situation that exists at present exists now, although it may change.
- currently β at the presenttime; now: She is currently working as a lab technician.
- hurriedly β moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- contiguously β touching; in contact.
- double-quick β very quick or rapid.
- in high gear β Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- fleetly β swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- before long β If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- like a shot β a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- any more β If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- at once β If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
adj pronto
- matinal β (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- chop-chop β with haste; quickly.
- alacritous β cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- asap β asap is an abbreviation for 'as soon as possible'.
- barrelling β a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- hasty β moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- hypersonic β noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- fleet-footed β able to run fast.
- in nothing flat β no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- blue streak β anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- like mad β mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- like a bat out of hell β very fast
- early β in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- double-time β to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
- like crazy β mentally deranged; demented; insane.
adjective pronto
- fast β moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- expeditive β (obsolete) Performing with speed.