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. Sonita Vinecombe:

   We weren't planning to come anytime soon, but because it's the last day we are here.

2. Jennifer Lawrence:

   My political passion has almost turned into an obsession, i mean, I don’t think you ever do feel settled, [but] as soon as you feel settled with your home and your personal life, you’re looking at the world and going, ‘How in the hell do I fix this? What do we do?’.

3. Missouri State Trooper Jim Thuss:

   I've worked a thousand-plus accidents in my career, and once a car catches on fire, the time that they take to go up is pretty quick, most times you don't have any time to get a fire like that out, especially one of that magnitude, so I just knew I had to get her out as soon as I could.

4. Renae A. Sauter:

   Don’t be afraid of emptiness. Emptiness is divine. Let the divine fill up the space in a way that’s really right for you. “Trying to fill it up too soon, blocks your gifts.”

5. Juan Manuel:

   We wish to invite the ELN to join this initiative of a unilateral ceasefire like the FARC has done and invite them to reach an agreement as soon as possible on the agenda points we have been discussing for some time.