| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adverb |
| Definition: | in the intervening time |
| Synonyms: | at the same time, concurrently, for now, for the duration, for the moment, for then, in the interim, in the interval, in the meanwhile, interim, interregnum, interruption, interval, meanwhile, recess, simultaneously, while |
| Notes: | meantime means the time between one occurrence and another; meanwhile means during the intervening time |
| Main Entry: | when |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | though |
| Synonyms: | albeit, although, at, at the same time, during, howbeit, immediately upon, just after, just as, meanwhile, much as, whereas, while |
| Main Entry: | while |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | as long as |
| Synonyms: | although, at the same time, during, during the time, in the time, throughout the time, whilst |