Synonyms for moment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : moh-muhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊ mənt |
Top 10 synonyms for moment Other synonyms for the word moment
- advantage
- avail
- breathing
- concern
- consequence
- crack
- gravity
- import
- instant
- jiff
- jiffy
- magnitude
- momentousness
- no time
- nothing flat
- pith
- point in time
- profit
- sec
- second
- seriousness
- shake
- significance
- signification
- split second
- substance
- three winks
- tick
- time
- trice
- twinkle
- twinkling
- use
- value
- weight
- weightiness
- while
- wink
- worth
Définition of moment
Origin :- mid-14c., "very brief portion of time, instant," in moment of time, from Old French moment (12c.) "moment, minute; importance, weight, value" or directly from Latin momentum "movement, motion; moving power; alteration, change;" also "short time, instant" (also source of Spanish, Italian momento), contraction of *movimentum, from movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Some (but not OED) explain the sense evolution of the Latin word by notion of a particle so small it would just "move" the pointer of a scale, which led to the transferred sense of "minute time division." Sense of "importance, 'weight' " is attested in English from 1520s.
- Phrase never a dull moment first recorded 1889 in Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat." Phrase moment of truth first recorded 1932 in Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon," from Spanish el momento de la verdad, the final sword-thrust in a bull-fight.
- noun brief time period
- noun importance
- From the first moment you spoke, I have felt this mysterious power.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Philothea had listened so earnestly, that for a moment all other thoughts were expelled from her mind.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- In this holy atmosphere we paused for a moment in silent reverence.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Philæmon averted his face for a moment, and struggled hard with his feelings.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- A moment later Percival remembered his last words, also his reference to Blythe.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Tell Aunt Cornelia, please, that I shall be along in just a moment.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Come, before he comes to gibe us for having heeded a moment.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- They were apart from the others and for the moment unnoticed.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- At the top she breathed a moment and then knocked at a door before her.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But do give me a moment, everything is all so whirling and hazy.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
Antonyms for moment
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