Synonyms: minute, moment, second, instant
Definition: a particular point in time
Usage: the moment he arrived the party began
Similar words: point, point in time
Definition: an instant of time
Usage: at that point I had to leave
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
Synonyms: insistent, instant, clamant, crying, exigent
Definition: demanding attention
Usage: clamant needs; a crying need; regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken; insistent hunger; an instant need
Similar words: imperative
Definition: requiring attention or action
Usage: as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative; requests that grew more and more imperative
Synonyms: instant, instantaneous
Definition: occurring with no delay
Usage: relief was instantaneous; instant gratification
Similar words: fast
Definition: acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
Usage: fast film; on the fast track in school; set a fast pace; a fast car
Definition: in or of the present month
Usage: your letter of the 10th inst
Similar words: present
Definition: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
Usage: the present leader; articles for present use; the present topic; the present system; present observations