| Main Entry: | moment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief time period |
Synonyms: |
bit, breathing, crack, date, flash, hour, instant, jiff, jiffy, juncture, minute, no time, nothing flat, occasion, point, point in time, sec, second, shake, split second, stage, three winks, tick, time, trice, twinkle, twinkling, while, wink |
| Main Entry: | moment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
Synonyms: |
advantage, avail, concern, consequence, gravity, import, magnitude, momentousness, note, pith, profit, seriousness, significance, signification, substance, use, value, weight, weightiness, worth |
Antonyms: |
triviality, unimportance |
| 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 |
| Notes: | a bit is a single unit of computer information and a byte is a sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer |
| Main Entry: | breath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respite, break |
Synonyms: |
blow*, breather, breathing space, instant, moment, pause, rest, second, ten |
| Main Entry: | consequence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, significance |
Synonyms: |
account, concern, exigency, fame, honor, import, interest, magnitude, moment, momentousness, need, note, pith, portent, renown, reputation, repute, signification, value, weight, weightiness |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, unimportance, worthlessness |
| 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: | emphasis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, prominence |
Synonyms: |
accent, accentuation, attention, decidedness, force, headline, highlight, impressiveness, insistence, intensity, moment, positiveness, power, preeminence, priority, significance, strength, stress, underlining, underscoring, weight |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instant, split second |
Synonyms: |
breathing, burst, jiffy, minute, moment, outburst, shake, show, trice, twinkling |
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
Synonyms: |
consequence, design, emphasis, importance, intent, magnitude, moment, momentousness, object, objective, pith, purpose, signification, stress, substance, value, weightiness, worth |
Antonyms: |
insignificance |
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
Synonyms: |
accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, concernment, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, materiality, moment, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, point, precedence, preponderance, preponderancy, priority, purport, relevance, sense, seriousness, signification, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, weightiness |
Antonyms: |
insignificance |