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Synonyms for instant
ˈɪn stəntin·stant
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minutenoun
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
"if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
Synonyms:
nictitation, second, blinking, flashbulb, pulse, flashgun, eye blink, beat, heartbeat, minute, news bulletin, moment, flash, photoflash, split second, flare, pulsation, winking, flash bulb, wink, nictation, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, blink, fanfare, trice, twinklingAntonyms:
beseeching, past, imploring, pleading, future, slowmoment, minute, second, instantadjective
a particular point in time
"the moment he arrived the party began"
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endorsement, consequence, present moment, import, second, minute of arc, arcminute, second gear, s, flash, sec, secondment, min, hour, moment, indorsement, wink, twinkling, here and now, heartbeat, jiffy, mo, second base, irregular, blink of an eye, split second, trice, bit, arcsecond, minuteAntonyms:
imploring, beseeching, pleading, past, future, slowinstantaneous, instant(a)adjective
occurring with no delay
"relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"
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pleading, imploring, slow, beseeching, past, futureinstant, instadjective
in or of the present month
"your letter of the 10th inst"
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exigent, clamant, inst, instantaneous, insistent, crying, instant(a)Antonyms:
past, imploring, pleading, future, slow, beseechingclamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instantadjective
demanding attention
"clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
Synonyms:
clamant, insistent, instant(a), egregious, exigent, glaring, gross, flagrant, strident, repetitive, vociferous, crying(a), blatant, clamorous, instantaneous, exacting, rank, crying, instAntonyms:
pleading, future, beseeching, slow, imploring, past
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
instantadjective
Synonyms:
pressing, urgent, importunate, earnestinstantadjective
Synonyms:
immediate, quick, instantaneousinstantadjective
Synonyms:
current, present, now passinginstantnoun
Synonyms:
moment, second, twinkling, flash, trice, jiffy, twinkling of an eye, smallest conceivable point of timeinstantnoun
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present month, current month
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "instant":
instantaneous, snapshot, immediate, snapshots, moment, instantly, hair-trigger, at-a-glance, momentary, present, minute, snap
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#90 | s | |
#486 | second | |
#805 | present | |
#982 | bit | |
#1118 | hour | |
#1174 | flash | |
#1647 | min | |
#1975 | sec | |
#1981 | minute | |
#2189 | mo | |
#2219 | rank | |
#2258 | moment | |
#2780 | import | |
#2783 | instant | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3122 | immediate | |
#3843 | pulse | |
#3887 | flashing | |
#4253 | gross | |
#5875 | instantly | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7824 | snapshot | |
#8419 | consequence | |
#9635 | endorsement | |
#9730 | blink | |
#10209 | crying | |
#11479 | inst | |
#13587 | irregular | |
#14938 | repetitive | |
#16217 | snapshots | |
#16626 | wink | |
#16632 | flare | |
#18435 | heartbeat | |
#23765 | newsflash | |
#23870 | instantaneous | |
#26101 | blatant | |
#27279 | blinking | |
#29869 | fanfare | |
#33406 | momentary | |
#34115 | glaring | |
#39188 | exacting | |
#40632 | jiffy | |
#43354 | egregious | |
#48204 | trice | |
#52223 | flagrant | |
#54185 | twinkling | |
#54498 | insistent | |
#65430 | winking | |
#67373 | secondment | |
#69206 | strident | |
#71655 | pulsation | |
#80417 | exigent | |
#94339 | vociferous | |
#111166 | newsbreak | |
#118932 | ostentation | |
#166315 | indorsement | |
#167145 | clamorous | |
#168884 | arcsecond | |
#206655 | flashbulb | |
#240368 | flashgun | |
#314059 | photoflash |
How to use instant in a sentence?
Busy with the ugliness of the expensive success we forget the easiness of free beauty lying sad right around the corner, only an instant removed, unnoticed and squandered.
This is a lifelong journey. ... I feel so blessed that I've been given the opportunity to be with these incredible people who come forward and volunteer their time, they really look at life differently because they start to realize how precious it is and how life can change in an instant.
Instant Blood Pressure is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose disease, including hypertension.
It would take a big team of skilled specialists years to try to repeat the effort. Since the tools are not made available, it is not about just going into a hotel and getting instant access, these locks represent only a small fraction of the hotel locks in the world and are being rapidly replaced with new, more advanced technology.
In this modern age of cell phone video and instant analysis on the Internet, I would ask that we keep in mind that a thorough and comprehensive investigation is detailed and time intensive.
Translations for instant
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- لَحْظةArabic
- moment, instantní, okamžikCzech
- øjeblikDanish
- dieses Monats, dringend, Moment, fertig-, augenblicklich, vorübergehend, Augenblick, instant, bevorstehend, momentan, hujusGerman
- στιγμήGreek
- momentoEsperanto
- instante, momentoSpanish
- pika-, [[tämän]] [[kuun]], pikaruoka, hetkellinen, hetki, pikakahvi, välitön, kiireellinenFinnish
- instantané, instantFrench
- mòmaid, grad, priobadhScottish Gaelic
- רגעHebrew
- pillanatHungarian
- attimo, istante, immediatoItalian
- 瞬時の, 急ぎの, インスタント, 差し迫った, 即席の, 即席, 今月, 緊急の, インスタントの, 火急の, 切迫した, 瞬間, その場で決めたJapanese
- moment, ogenblikkelijk, ogenblik, kant-en-klaar, dringend, poosje, onmiddelijk, kortstondigDutch
- instantâneo, instante, instantâneaPortuguese
- instantRomanian
- мгнове́ние, моме́нт, предстоя́щий, безотлага́тельный, сро́чный, настоя́тельный, раствори́мый, неме́дленный, теку́щийRussian
- omedelbar, ögonblick, ögonblickligSwedish
- sasaSwahili
- உடனடிTamil
- an, hazırTurkish
- فوریUrdu
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