Meanings
- idiomaticVery quickly.
Neil Lennon and his players have, in no time at all, roared back from trailing Rangers by 15 points in November to ending the year two points clear.
2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record1 more example
My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLCSynonyms: in a flash
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseVery quickly.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin a relatively short time
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan en un tres i no res
- en un tres i no resvery soon
Czech hned, okamžitě
- hnedvery soon
- okamžitěvery soon
- raz dvavery soon
- coby dupvery soon
Dutch in ijltempo, in een mum van tijd
- in ijltempovery soon
- in een mum van tijdvery soon
Finnish tuota pikaa
- tuota pikaavery soon
French en un rien de temps
- en un rien de tempsvery soon
German im Nu, in einem Nu
- im Nuvery soon
- in einem Nuvery soon
- in null Komma nichtsvery soon
Hungarian azonnal, máris
- azonnalvery soon
- márisvery soon
- nyombanvery soon
- rögtönvery soon
- egy szempillantás alattvery soon
- seperc alattvery soon
Polish migiem, w mgnieniu oka
- migiemvery soon
- w mgnieniu okavery soon
Romanian într-o clipă
- într-o clipăvery soon
Spanish en cero coma, en un santiamén
- en cero comavery soon
- en un santiaménvery soon
Swedish på nolltid
- på nolltidvery soon
Turkish anında
- anındavery soon
Cite this entry
in no time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20no%20time
“in no time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20no%20time. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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