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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"
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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
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#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?
False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
Intact whole grains that still have the outer layer [the bran], such as farro, freekeh, sorghum, and wheat berries, should be soaked in water overnight to help release the phytates, but this doesn't apply to semi-refined or unhulled types like pearled barley or instant oats.
Tweeting is any person's interest of instant messaging in a snappy chat that sounds like a tik tok.
This generation of high school kids is different than any other, and they see a different world out there, they are ensconced in a techno-cocoon with their devices. They have been raised with technology where everything happens in an instant. So they develop the thinking, ‘I deserve what’s good right now; I want that and I should have it.’.
Our party has failed in going into those places because we've said, 'Well we don't get instant gratification back,'.
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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