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while - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | while |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time interval |
| Synonyms: | bit, instant, interim, meantime, moment, occasion, period, space, spell, stretch, time |
| 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: | as long as |
| Synonyms: | although, during, at the same time, during the time, in the time, throughout the time, whilst |
| Main Entry: | while |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | even though |
| Synonyms: | albeit, although, though, when, whereas, howbeit, much as |
| Main Entry: | although |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | even though |
| Synonyms: | albeit, despite, notwithstanding, still, supposing, though, when, whereas, while, admitting, despite the fact, even if, even supposing, granting, granting all this, in spite of, much as |
| Main Entry: | during |
| Part of Speech: | preposition |
| Definition: | concurrently with an activity, event |
| Synonyms: | amid, as, meanwhile, mid, midst, over, pending, throughout, until, when, while, all along, all the while, 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, the time between, the whole time |
| Main Entry: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moment |
| Synonyms: | breath, crack, flash, jiffy*, juncture, minute, occasion, point, second, shake*, split second*, tick, time, twinkling*, while, wink*, bat of the eye, nothing flat, sec, short while, trice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interval |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, pause |
| Synonyms: | breach, breathing space*, comma, delay, distance, downtime, five*, gap, hiatus, interim, interlude, intermission, interruption, lacuna, layoff, letup, lull, meantime, opening, period, playtime, rest, season, space, spell, ten*, term, time, time-out, wait, while, interregnum, parenthesis, pausation |
| Antonyms: | continuation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meantime |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adverb |
| Definition: | in the intervening time |
| Synonyms: | interim, interruption, interval, meanwhile, recess, simultaneously, while, at the same time, concurrently, for now, for the duration, for the moment, for then, in the interim, in the interval, in the meanwhile, interregnum |
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time of year governed by annual equinoxes |
| Synonyms: | autumn, division, fall, interval, juncture, occasion, opportunity, period, spell, spring, summer, term, time, while, winter |
| Main Entry: | when |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | though |
| Synonyms: | albeit, although, at, during, meanwhile, whereas, while, at the same time, howbeit, immediately upon, just after, just as, much as |
| Main Entry: | inasmuch as |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | in view of the fact that |
| Synonyms: | because, since, while, insofar as, making allowance for, seeing that |
| Main Entry: | whereas |
| Part of Speech: | conjunction |
| Definition: | inasmuch as |
| Synonyms: | although, as, because, since, though, while, considering that, forasmuch as, insomuch as |
| 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: | 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: | period |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent of time |
| Synonyms: | age, course, cycle, date, duration, epoch, era, generation, interval, measure, season, space, span, spell, stage, stretch, term, time, while, years, aeon, days |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interval, period |
| Synonyms: | bit, bout, course, go, hitch, interlude, intermission, patch, relay, season, shift, space, stint, streak, stretch, term, time, tour, tour of duty, trick, turn, while |
| Main Entry: | time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporal length of event or entity's existence, period |
| Synonyms: | age, allotment, bit, bout, clock, continuance, date, day, duration, epoch, era, eternity, extent, future, generation, go*, infinity, instance, instant, interval, juncture, life, life span, lifetime, moment, occasion, pace, past, point, present, season, second, shift, space, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tempo, term, tide, tour, turn, while, chronology, hour, lastingness, many a moon, month, week, year |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | space |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time interval |
| Synonyms: | bit, duration, period, season, span, spell, stretch, term, time, while |
| Main Entry: | stretch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period of time |
| Synonyms: | bit, continuance, duration, extent, length, run, space, span, spell, stint, term, time, while |
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