Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | at the same time |
| Synonyms: | ad interim, concurrently, during the interval, for now, for the duration, for the moment, for the time being, for then, in the interim, in the interval, in the intervening time, in the meantime, meantime, simultaneously, till, until, up to, when |
| Notes: | meantime means the time between one occurrence and another; meanwhile means during the intervening time |
| Main Entry: | interim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interval |
| Synonyms: | breach, break, breather, breathing spell, coffee break, cutoff, downtime, gap, hiatus, interlude, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, meantime, meanwhile, pause, take ten, time*, time-out |
| Antonyms: | continuation, permanence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interlude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pause, break |
| Synonyms: | breathing space, delay, episode, halt, hiatus, idyll, interim, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interval, lull, meantime, meanwhile, parenthesis, recess, respite, rest, spell, stop, stoppage, wait |
| Notes: | an interval is a gap in time or space, whereas an interlude (literally 'between games') generally functions to fill such a gap, thus occupy an interval |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
| Main Entry: | meantime |
| 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: | in the meantime |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | during the intervening time |
| Synonyms: | for the time being, meantime, meanwhile, sometimes, temporarily |
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