Antonyms for instant
ˈɪn stəntin·stant

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1. instant

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

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

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1. • Moment

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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"

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

   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

2. moment, minute, second, instantadjective

   a particular point in time

   "the moment he arrived the party began"

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

   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

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"

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

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

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"

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

   Synonyms:
   clamant, insistent, instant(a), egregious, exigent, glaring, gross, flagrant, strident, repetitive, vociferous, crying(a), blatant, clamorous, instantaneous, exacting, rank, crying, inst

How to use instant in a sentence?

1. Dennis Meyer:

   You're always weighing,' Isn't it just faster if I do it myself ?' nothing is faster or more practical than just looking across the room and talking to someone with your voice. The instant you have to pick up a phone or write a message you're wasting valuable time.

2. Kevin Hines:

   It was an instant regret, in those seconds after I jumped, I said to myself, ‘What have I just done? I don’t want to die. God, please save me!'.

3. Noah Petro:

   Unlike some astronomical events, there's not( a situation where) you've got to look at it this instant or else you miss it, there's really no moment that you have to be looking at it to maximize your enjoyment of the full moon. If it's cloudy and you don't want to be outside, just go one of the next nights.

4. Frank Kendall:

   Chocolates give me an instant gratification, but it’s not the only thing I eat, you’ve got to be concerned as a manager and as a board member, I would hope, about the long term health of the company and its long term competitiveness.

5. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever happens twice alike. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects. The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities.

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