on the spot
Without any delay
On the spot means immediately and at that exact location, without delay or movement elsewhere: She was hired on the spot.
It also describes being put in a difficult position requiring an immediate response: The reporter's question put the senator on the spot.
To do something on the spot is to improvise without preparation: He made up the speech on the spot.
- instantBriefest unit of time
- immediateHappening without delay
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
- in situAt original location
- extemporaneousDone without advance preparation
impromptu · accountable · scrutinized · forthwith · pressured · unrehearsed · here · under pressure · under the gun · at once · spur-of-the-moment · hot seat · sudden · caught out · caught red-handed · responsible · ad hoc · straightaway
- improvisationimprovised, impromptu, ad lib, freestyle, ad-lib
- pressureair pressure, blood pressure rise, blood pressure drop, barometric pressure, apply pressure
- availabilityavailable, unavailable, sold out, in stock, out of stock
- improvisingad-lib, ad-libbing, riff, riffing, jamming
- suddennesssudden, suddenly, abrupt, abruptly, instant
on the spotplanned ahead
in advance · premeditated · prearranged · prepared · rehearsed
spot, spotted, spots, spotting, splotch, spotter, spotters, splotches, splotchy