Thesaurus:moment

Thesaurus

moment

English

Noun

Sense: A brief, unspecified amount of time.

Synonyms

• bat of an eye (idiomatic)
• bit    [⇒ thesaurus]
• blink of an eye (idiomatic)
• crack (British slang, dated)
• eyeblink (idiomatic)
• flash
• glimpse (rare)
• half a mo
• instant
• jiff
• jiffy
• jot (obsolete)
• minute
• mo
• moment
• New York minute
• no time (idiomatic)
• sec
• second
• span
• split-second
• spurt
• stound (archaic or dialectal)
• tick
• trice
• twink
• twinkle
• twinkling
• while    [⇒ thesaurus] (Philippines)

Antonyms

• aeon
• age    [⇒ thesaurus]
• blue moon
• eon    [⇒ thesaurus]
• forever    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• period    [⇒ thesaurus]
• uncertain period    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• in two shakes
• Planck time

See also

• Thesaurus:ephemeral
• Thesaurus:temporarily
• Thesaurus:transience

Further reading

• “113. instantaneity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “moment” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.