this minute
At once, immediately
This minute means right now, immediately, without delay.
It emphasizes urgency or impatience: I need you to come here this minute, Stop that this minute!
The phrase treats the current minute as a deadline that's already passing.
Compare *this instant* and *this second*, which carry similar force.
- right nowAt the present moment
- at onceWithout any delay
- instantlyWithout any pause
- nowThe present moment
- currentlyAt this moment
moment · posthaste · today · without delay · in no time · immediate · promptly · present · here and now · second · urgent · just yet · as we speak · even as we speak · pressing · time is ticking · brief · clock
temporal immediacy
this minuteeventually
At a later time
later · someday · in due time · at some point · in the future
minute, this, these, minutes, minutely, minuteness, at this moment