instant

Speech parts

1. instant - Noun

2. instant - Adjective

3. instant - Adverb

5. instant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Present; current.

Instantly.

A point in duration; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment.

A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See Instant, a., 3.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

second moment flash instantaneous trice swift jiffy present direct wink immediately rapid immediate quick minute
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Antonyms

aeon needless otherworld eon after through
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Hypernyms

point second bit moment minute mo

Hyponyms

time date climax culmination pinpoint last minute

Phrases with the word

instant mami on the instant in an instant first instant instant zen instant buzzkill

Examples

if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash Source: Internet

clamant needs Source: Internet

a crying need Source: Internet

regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous Source: Internet

insistent hunger Source: Internet

an instant need Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

instance variable instanciate instancy instant addition instant antidote instant arrow