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Synonyms of time

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Another word for time is moment. Other synonyms of time are instant, juncture, minute, occasion and point in time.

Synonyms and similar words for time

nounAn instance or occurrence.

  • instantA very short period of time; a moment.
  • junctureA critical moment in time.
  • minuteA point in time; a moment.
  • momentA particular point of time; an instant.
  • occasionA particular happening; an instance or time when something occurred.
  • point in timeA moment (of time).
  • sith obsoleteAn instant in time, a point in time or an occasion.

nounSynonym of tense.

  • tenseThe property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.

verbTo choose when something commences or its duration.

verbTo measure, as in music or harmony.

  • clockTo measure the duration of.

Meaning of time

  1. noun The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
  2. noun The feeling of the passage of events and their relative duration, as experienced by an individual.
  3. noun A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension.

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Questions about synonyms of time

What is another word for time?
Time has 10 synonyms on Word.ws, such as moment, instant, juncture, minute, occasion, point in time, sith and tense.
What does time mean?
Time means the inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: time (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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