like a shot

Questions about like a shot

What is another word for like a shot?

It depends which like a shot you mean. In the sense “without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening”, the synonyms are immediately, instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly, now, right away, at once, forthwith. Across all 1 sense there are 9 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 like a shot?

WordNet records no antonym for like a shot. 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 like a shot 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 like a shot

• Full entry for like a shotAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for like a shotWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.