Synonyms for instant
ˈɪn stəntin·stant

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. instant

   Synonyms:
   moment, second, minute, twinkling, trice, flash

   Antonyms:
   period, duration, cycle, time, permanence, perpetuity, eternity

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1. 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, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   beseeching, past, imploring, pleading, future, slow

2. moment, minute, second, instantadjective

   a particular point in time

   "the moment he arrived the party began"

   Synonyms:
   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, minute

   Antonyms:
   imploring, beseeching, pleading, past, future, slow

3. instantaneous, instant(a)adjective

   occurring with no delay

   "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"

   Antonyms:
   pleading, imploring, slow, beseeching, past, future

4. instant, instadjective

   in or of the present month

   "your letter of the 10th inst"

   Synonyms:
   exigent, clamant, inst, instantaneous, insistent, crying, instant(a)

   Antonyms:
   past, imploring, pleading, future, slow, beseeching

5. clamant, 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, inst

   Antonyms:
   pleading, future, beseeching, slow, imploring, past

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1. instantadjective

   Synonyms:
   pressing, urgent, importunate, earnest

2. instantadjective

   Synonyms:
   immediate, quick, instantaneous

3. instantadjective

   Synonyms:
   current, present, now passing

4. instantnoun

   Synonyms:
   moment, second, twinkling, flash, trice, jiffy, twinkling of an eye, smallest conceivable point of time

5. instantnoun

   Synonyms:
   present month, current month

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1. List of paraphrases for "instant":

   instantaneous, snapshot, immediate, snapshots, moment, instantly, hair-trigger, at-a-glance, momentary, present, minute, snap

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1. Ted Williams:

   Pour water on a sportswriter -- instant horseshit.

2. Jennifer Cassetta:

   Listen and act on your intuition, if you don't feel safe, even for an instant, leave the event... right away.

3. Bill Maher:

   That's why I'm a hero at Fox these days, which shows just how much liberals have their head up their a-- because if they really thought about it, they would have made me a hero on their media, but that can't happen in this ridiculous new era of mind-numbing partisanship, where if I keep it real about the nonsense in the Democratic Party, it makes me an instant hero to Republicans.

4. Mike DelPrete:

   If Zillow is able to count each of those people as a customer, they'll win, and for those people, some of them want an instant sale, some are kicking the tires, some want to sell the traditional way. It's like going to their kitchen table and saying,' What do you want ? To list your house, do an instant offer, get a broker ? It's empowering consumers.

5. Claudio Sanchez:

   I immediately talked back to my rope guy and told him give me some slack on the line, it was an instant thing. Turned around. We grabbed him.