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| Main Entry: | moment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief time period |
| Synonyms: | bit, breathing, crack, date, flash, instant, jiffy*, juncture, minute, occasion, point, second, shake, split second*, stage, tick*, time, twinkle*, twinkling*, while, wink*, hour, jiff, no time, nothing flat, point in time, sec, three winks, trice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | advantage, avail, concern, consequence, gravity, import, magnitude, note, pith, profit, seriousness, significance, substance, use, value, weight, worth, momentousness, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | unimportance, triviality |
| Main Entry: | bit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short period of time |
| Synonyms: | instant, jiffy, minute, moment, second, space, spell, stretch, tick, while, little 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consequence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, significance |
| Synonyms: | account, concern, exigency, fame, honor, import, interest, magnitude, moment, need, note, pith, portent, renown, reputation, value, weight, momentousness, repute, signification, 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, juncture, moment, period, quarter, reign, span, spell, stage, term, time, while, hour, year |
| Main Entry: | emphasis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, prominence |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, force, headline, highlight, insistence, intensity, moment, power, priority, significance, strength, stress, weight, accentuation, decidedness, impressiveness, positiveness, preeminence, underlining, underscoring |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instant, split second |
| Synonyms: | breathing, burst, jiffy, minute, moment, outburst, shake, show, twinkling, trice |
| Main Entry: | import |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | consequence, design, emphasis, importance, intent, magnitude, moment, object, objective, pith, purpose, stress, substance, value, worth, momentousness, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
| Main Entry: | importance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, weight |
| Synonyms: | accent, attention, bearing, caliber, concern, consequence, denotation, distinction, drift*, effect, emphasis, force, gist*, gravity, import, influence, interest, moment, point, precedence, preponderance, priority, purport, sense, seriousness, standing, stress, substance, tenor, usefulness, value, concernment, materiality, momentousness, notability, paramountcy, preponderancy, relevance, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, authority |
| Synonyms: | access, agency, ascendancy, character, clout, command, consequence, control, credit, direction, domination, dominion, drag, effect, esteem, fame, fix, force, grease*, guidance, hold, impact, importance, imprint, juice*, leadership, leverage, magnetism, mark, moment, money, monopoly, network, notoriety, predominance, prerogative, pressure, prestige, prominence, pull, repercussion, reputation, rule, significance, spell, supremacy, sway, weight*, connections, in, ropes |
| Antonyms: | impotence, incapacity, inferiority, weakness, powerlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attraction, curiosity |
| Synonyms: | absorption, activity, affection, care, case, concern, consequence, diversion, enthusiasm, excitement, game, hobby, importance, into, matter, moment, note, notice, passion, pastime, preoccupation, pursuit, racket, recreation, regard, relaxation, significance, sport, suspicion, sympathy, thing, attentiveness, concernment, engrossment, interestedness, leisure activity, relevance |
| Antonyms: | apathy, boredom, indifference, disinterest |
| Main Entry: | jiffy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instant |
| Synonyms: | breath, crack, flash, minute, moment, second, shake*, split second*, twinkling*, jiff, trice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | juncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turning point |
| Synonyms: | choice, circumstance, condition, contingency, crisis, crossroad, crux, emergency, exigency, instant, moment, occasion, pass, pinch, plight, point, position, posture, predicament, quandary, state, status, strait, time, zero hour*, meeting point |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | magnitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance |
| Synonyms: | consequence, degree, eminence, grandeur, greatness, import, mark, moment, note, pith, significance, weight, momentousness, signification, weightiness |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, unimportance |
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, meaning |
| Synonyms: | amount, body, burden, consequence, content, core, extent, gist*, import, importance, magnitude, meat, moment, neighborhood, note, order, pith, range, sense, substance, text, tune, upshot, vicinity, weight |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, meaninglessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief time period |
| Synonyms: | breath, breathing, crack, flash, instant, jiffy*, moment, second, shake, split second, twinkling*, bat of an eye, min, mo, nothing flat, sec, short time, sixtieth of hour, sixty seconds |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | break*, convenience, demand, excuse, incident, instant, moment, need, occurrence, opening, opportunity, possibility, season, shot*, show, time, use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | event, happening |
| Synonyms: | affair, celebration, circumstance, episode, experience, go*, happening, incident, instant, milestone, moment, occurrence, scene, thing*, time, while, goings-on, milepost |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
| Synonyms: | befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake*, fighting chance*, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack* |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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