before long(r = adv.all) presently, shortly, soon - in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long"

N  earliness, morning, punctuality, promptitude, haste, suddenness, prematurity, precocity, precipitation, anticipation, a stitch in time, early, prime, forward, prompt, summary, premature, precipitate, precocious, prevenient, anticipatory, rath, sudden, unexpected, near, near at hand, immediate, early, soon, anon, betimes, rath, eft, eftsoons, ere long, before long, shortly, beforehand, prematurely, precipitately, too soon, before its time, before one's time, in anticipation, unexpectedly, suddenly, before one can say 'Jack Robinson', at short notice, extempore, on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion, at once, on the spot, on the instant, at sight, offhand, out of hand, a' vue d'oeil, straight, straightway, straightforth, forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly, no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner, tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre.

accessory before the fact, all day long, as long as, at long last, before, before christ, bring before, by a long shot, come before, earnings before interest taxes depreciation and am, equality before the law, go a long way, go before, in the long run, lay before, long, long ago, long beach, long beech fern, long bone, long chain, long distance, long division, long dozen, long established, long face, long faced, long fly, long haul, long horse, long hundred, long hundredweight, long iron, long island, long island sound, long johns, long jump, long lasting, long lived, long measure, long moss, long pants, long pepper, long pillow, long plane, long primer, long range, long run, long saphenous vein, long shot, long since, long sleeve, long standing, long suffering, long suit, long term, long time, long tom, long ton, long trousers, long underwear, long wave, long whist, long winded, night before christmas, not by a long sight, not long, set before, since a long time ago, so long, tai long