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. James Carafano:

   I simply think it’s too soon and, more importantly, we have to ask ourselves a question: ‘Is ISIS more or less dangerous if they are rising or falling?’… even if ISIS is losing that actually might make them a greater transnational terrorist threat.

2. Benjamin Franklin:

   A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.

3. Sirak Aseghid:

   I want to return as soon as possible, but that will depend on finding employment as well.

4. Narongsak Osottanakorn:

   If we wait and the rain comes in the next few days we will be tired again from pumping and our readiness would drop. If that's the case, then we have to reassess the situation, we can only carry on the operation once we are ready and this will be done soon, because the air tank and other systems have to be reinstalled.

5. Neil Atkinson:

   As soon as oil rises to $40-50 per barrel, it will give a signal to light tight oil producers (to ramp up).