before long
In coming days
Before long means soon or in the near future.
It suggests a relatively short waiting period without specifying exactly when something will happen.
Before long, the rain stopped and we could continue our hike.
The phrase carries a sense of inevitability—whatever is coming will arrive, just not immediately.
- shortlyIn little time
- soonIn brief time
- presentlyAt the current time
- momentarilyFor a very short time
- imminentlyAbout to occur
right away · anon · in no time · in due course · in the near future · sooner or later · around the corner · at hand · any minute now · just around the corner · near · approaching · in a jiffy · in a flash · in two shakes · in a little while · impending · upcoming
- futureforthcoming, upcoming, coming, impending, imminent
- time expressionsnow, today, soon, tomorrow, later
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- soon synonymssoon, shortly, presently, momentarily, imminently
- future wordseventually, someday, soon, finally, ultimately
- suddennesssudden, suddenly, abrupt, abruptly, instant
before longnever
At no point
far off · eventually · someday · in the long run · in due time
before longwhenever
At any occasion
indefinitely · if ever · when pigs fly · till the cows come home
long, before, belong, longer, lengthy, prolong, lengthen, elongate, longest