Synonyms: heartbeat
Definition: an animating or vital unifying force
Usage: New York is the commercial heartbeat of America
Similar words: force
Definition: a powerful effect or influence
Usage: the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
Synonyms: beat, pulsation, pulse, heartbeat
Definition: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
Usage: he could feel the beat of her heart
Similar words: periodic event, recurrent event
Definition: an event that recurs at intervals
Synonyms: New York minute, split second, blink of an eye, wink, heartbeat, instant, trice, twinkling, flash, jiffy
Definition: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Usage: if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash
Similar words: second, bit, minute, mo, moment
Definition: an indefinitely short time
Usage: wait just a moment; in a mo; it only takes a minute; in just a bit