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Synonyms for at once
Grammar : Adj, adv |
Spell : wuhns |
Phonetic Transcription : wʌns |
Top 10 synonyms for at once Other synonyms for the word at once
- all at once
- altogether
- amain
- anon
- any more
- apace
- as a body
- as a group
- as a whole
- as one
- as the crow flies
- ASAP
- at once
- at present time
- at the drop of a hat
- at the moment
- at this moment
- at this time
- away
- betimes
- breakneck
- contiguously
- critical
- current
- direct
- double-quick
- double-time
- due
- en masse
- exactly
- existing
- expeditious
- extant
- facilely
- fast
- first
- first off
- flat-out
- fleet
- fleetly
- forthwith
- freshly
- full tilt
- hair-trigger
- hands down
- hastily
- hasty
- headlong
- here and now
- immediately
- in a flash
- in a jiffy
- in a minute
- in a moment
- in a second
- in a trice
- in a wink
- in an instance
- in an instant
- in concert
- in direct line
- in no time
- in nothing flat
- increasingly
- instant
- instantaneously
- instanter
- instantly
- just now
- lickety-split
- lightly
- like a shot
- like now
- lineally
- live
- momentarily
- momently
- newly
- next
- no sweat
- nothing to it
- now
- nowadays
- on a dime
- on hand
- on the dot
- on the double
- on time
- paramount
- PDQ
- pell-mell
- piece of cake
- point-blank
- posthaste
- present
- presently
- pressing
- presto
- primitively
- prompt
- promptly
- pronto
- punctually
- quick
- quick as a wink
- quickly
- rapid
- rapidly
- recently
- right
- right away
- right now
- right off
- seasonably
- sharp
- shortly
- slick as whistle
- smoothly
- soon
- speedily
- speedy
- spontaneously
- straight
- straight away
- straight off
- straightaway
- straightforwardly
- straightly
- suddenly
- summarily
- swift
- swiftly
- swimmingly
- there and then
- thereon
- thereupon
- these days
- this day
- this minute
- timely
- today
- tout de suite
- undeviatingly
- unhesitatingly
- up-to-date
- urgent
- very soon
- well
- willingly
- without delay
- without demur
- without difficulty
- without hesitation
Définition of at once
Origin :- c.1200, anes, from ane "one" (see one ) + adverbial genitive. Replaced Old English æne. Spelling changed as pronunciation shifted from two syllables to one after c.1300. Pronunciation change to "wuns" parallels that of one. As an emphatic, meaning "once and for all," it is attested from c.1300, but this now is regarded as a Pennsylvania German dialect formation. Meaning "in a past time" (but not necessarily just one time) is from mid-13c.
- Once upon a time as the beginning of a story is recorded from 1590s. At once originally (early 13c.) meant "simultaneously," later "in one company" (c.1300), and preserved the sense of "one" in the word; the phrase typically appeared as one word, atones; the modern meaning "immediately" is attested from 1530s.
- As in immediate : adj instantaneous; without delay
- As in instantly : adv right now
- As in now : adv presently
- As in posthaste : adv fast
- As in promptly : adv immediately
- As in readily : adv quickly; effortlessly
- As in right : adv directly, without delay
- As in straight : adv immediately, directly
- As in instantaneously : adv promptly
- As in right off the bat : adv without delay
- As in tout de suite : adv immediately
- As in now : adv immediately
- As in hand over fist : adv at a tremendous rate
- As in in a moment : adv at any moment
- As in right off : adv directly
- As in straight off : adv directly
- As in straightaway : adv directly
- As in directly : adv as soon as possible
- As in early : adv immediately
- As in ensemble : adv at the same time
- As in forthwith : adv immediately
Antonyms for at once
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