in short order

Questions about in short order

What is another word for in short order?

It depends which in short order you mean. In the sense “with speed”, the synonyms are quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace. Across all 1 sense there are 5 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of in short order?

WordNet records no antonym for in short order. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for in short order come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of in short order

• Full entry for in short orderAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for in short orderWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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