English dictionary

immediacy

/I/'m/i/d/i//@/s/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

lack of an intervening or mediating agency

noun.attribute

Examples
The immediacy of television coverage.

Synonyms immediateness

Antonyms mediacy mediateness

Source: WordNet 3.0
immediate intuitive awareness

noun.cognition

Synonyms immediate apprehension

Source: WordNet 3.0
the quickness of action or occurrence

noun.attribute

Examples
The immediacy of their response.

Synonyms immediateness instancy instantaneousness

Source: WordNet 3.0
The relation of freedom from the interventionof a medium; immediateness.

noun

Source: webster1913