Synonyms of pronto

pronto

adverb

ˈprän-ˌtō 

1

as in quickly

with great speed

if they don't arrive pronto, we'll have to go to the movie without them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• quickly
• rapidly
• swiftly
• soon
• quick
• fast
• promptly
• immediately
• hot
• hastily
• presto
• speedily
• in a hurry
• in short order
• like a shot
• by leaps and bounds
• posthaste
• briskly
• swift
• apace
• double-quick
• lickety-split
• like wildfire
• a mile a minute
• at full throttle
• like gangbusters
• chop-chop
• at full tilt
• fleetly
• hell-for-leather
• abruptly
• readily
• snappily
• full tilt
• suddenly
• vigorously
• impulsively
• rashly
• recklessly
• impetuously
• energetically

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowly
• slow
• sluggishly
• deliberately
• lingeringly
• belatedly
• leisurely
• tardily
• laggardly
• ploddingly
• delinquently

2

as in immediately

without delay

the kind of boss who wants everything pronto

Synonyms & Similar Words

• immediately
• promptly
• instantly
• now
• directly
• right
• shortly
• soon
• forthwith
• quickly
• away
• bang
• straightaway
• at once
• instantaneously
• suddenly
• right off
• right away
• right now
• straight off
• in no time
• on the spot
• incontinently
• off the bat
• instanter
• PDQ
• straightway
• on the double
• presently
• headlong
• swiftly
• rapidly
• plumb
• on a dime
• abruptly
• momentarily
• quick
• presto
• speedily
• freely
• fast
• readily
• posthaste
• hastily
• briskly
• swift
• apace
• unexpectedly
• opportunely
• impulsively
• anon
• rashly
• punctually
• fleetly
• impetuously
• recklessly
• seasonably
• snappily
• full tilt
• exactly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slowly
• late
• tardily

Examples of pronto in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Activists who want the waste moved, pronto, have been worrying as storms eat away the dirt road leading to the surfing beach at San Onofre. —Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2024

The Eagles need Jalen Hurts back pronto. —Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Jan. 2023