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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

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. • Moment

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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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How to use instant in a sentence?

1. Kiki VanDeWeghe:

   Many instances in our 15 instant-replay triggers are very straightforward and do not need the involvement of the oncourt game officials to accurately determine the result, flow of game is crucial to basketball so a quicker result will help our players and coaches return to action faster.

2. Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein:

   Freedom is that instant between when someone tells you to do something and when you decide how to respond.

3. Gabriel Collins:

   For the price of a single drone or fighter jet you could establish multiple university branches, and you would still have the funds to support those over the long haul, it's not an instant payoff for someone who has the impatience of some of our current administration, but if we took a root cause strategy, 10 years from now there would be enormous dividends from that.

4. Ryan Archdeacon:

   Instant Blood Pressure is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose disease, including hypertension.

5. Angelo Rossini:

   Instant messaging is becoming a threat to telecoms companies -- and also for social media, we definitely expect this to become the case in more and more other regions of the world.