By return
Immediately and by return are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Immediately" instead an adverb phrase "By return".
Immediately
Immediately adverb - Without delay.
By return and immediately are semantically related. You can use "By return" instead an adverb "Immediately".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- directly and by return
- directly and immediately
- straight away and by return
- straight away and immediately
- quickly and by return
- quickly and immediately
- speedily and by return
- speedily and immediately
- swiftly and by return
- swiftly and immediately
- promptly and by return
- promptly and immediately
- without delay and by return
- without delay and immediately
Both terms in one sentence
- Psi-War was immediately followed by Return to Krypton, where Superman, Superboy, Supergirl and H'El all travel back in time to before Krypton's destruction.
Source: Bat Family Crossover -
Followed by Return of the 50 Foot Eyesores, which revives them and adds a mysterious long-lost sibling with a mysterious dark lover, and also turns Megatron into a Canon Sue on purpose who immediately makes Starscream fall in love with him.
Source: Parody Sue - Almost immediately after joining the Rebel Alliance, Luke is made a fighter pilot despite almost zero combat experience, by the time of The Empire Strikes Back he's a commander, and a general by Return of the Jedi, not bad for someone who's canonically 19.
Source: Overranked Soldier
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Immediately and By return. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/by_return/immediately
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