soon
adverb
[ suːn ]
• in or after a short time.
• "everyone will soon know the truth"
Similar:
in a short time,
shortly,
presently,
in the near future,
before long,
in a little while,
in a minute,
in a moment,
in an instant,
in a twinkling,
in the twinkling of an eye,
before you know it,
any minute (now),
any day (now),
any time (now),
by and by,
pronto,
in (less than) no time,
in no time (at all),
in a jiffy,
in two shakes,
in two shakes of a lamb's tail,
sharpish,
in a tick,
in two ticks,
directly,
anon,
ere long,
• used to indicate one's preference in a particular matter.
• "I'd just as soon Tim did it"
Similar:
rather,
by preference,
preferably,
from/by choice,
more willingly,
more readily,
if I had my druthers,
Origin:
Old English sōna ‘immediately’, of West Germanic origin.
