Instant and Recent

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Instant

Instant adjective - Existing or in progress right now.
Usage example: we should be more concerned with instant dangers than with those in the far-off future
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Recent and instant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective "Instant".
Nearby Words: instance, instantly, instantaneous, instancy

Recent

Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.
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Instant and recent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instant" instead an adjective "Recent".
Nearby Words: recently, recency

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  • Franchise / Sonic the Hedgehog This is taken to its logical extreme in some of the recent games, where even contact with water causes instant death.
    Source: Franchise / Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Stay in the Kitchen The game series is strange in itself because, while barring hitting a female wrestler has always been present, only the most recent three games or so (starting in 2010) have enforced the above instant DQ rule.
    Source: Stay in the Kitchen
  • Ground Pound Thanks to a recent core rules change, there's only a 1/3 chance of instant death in this case, but none of the three results of the Mishap Table cause any damage to what you land on.
    Source: Ground Pound
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Recent or Instant. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/instant/recent.

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