| 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 |
| Notes: | awhile is an adverb and so must occur as a modifier to a verb; while is a noun meaning 'period of time' |
| Main Entry: | while |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | even though |
Synonyms: |
albeit, although, howbeit, much as, though, when, whereas |
| Main Entry: | while |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time interval |
Synonyms: |
bit, instant, interim, meantime, moment, occasion, period, space, spell, stretch, time |
| Main Entry: | although |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | even though |
Synonyms: |
admitting, albeit, despite, despite the fact, even if, even supposing, granting, granting all this, in spite of, much as, notwithstanding, still, supposing, though, when, whereas, while |
| Notes: | although and though are interchangeable as conjunctions, but to start a clause, use 'although' |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short period of time |
Synonyms: |
instant, jiffy, little while, minute, moment, second, space, spell, stretch, tick, while |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point in time; particular day or time |
Synonyms: |
age, century, course, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, hour, juncture, moment, period, quarter, reign, span, spell, stage, term, time, while, year |
| Main Entry: | during |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | concurrently with an activity, event |
Synonyms: |
all along, all the while, amid, as, at the same time as, at the time, for the time being, in the course of, in the interim, in the meanwhile, in the middle of, in the time of, meanwhile, mid, midst, over, pending, the time between, the whole time, throughout, until, when, while |
| Main Entry: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moment |
Synonyms: |
bat of the eye, breath, crack, flash, jiffy, juncture, minute, nothing flat, occasion, point, sec, second, shake*, short while, split second, tick, time, trice, twinkling, while, wink |
| Main Entry: | interval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, pause |
Synonyms: |
breach, breathing space, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, parenthesis, pausation, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten, term, time, time-out, wait, while |
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 |