time being

Noun

Meaning

the present occasion

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

now moment nowadays today nonce

Antonyms

history past auld lang syne langsyne good old days time out of mind

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Hypernyms

present nowadays

Examples

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being. Franz Kafka

I would never say never to marrying again but for the time being I'm having a great time. Carol Vorderman

Why do people spend their time being sad when they could be happy? Andy Warhol

I pride myself on being incorrigible. I have a very hard time being told what to do. Joe Satriani

There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact. Oswald Spengler

Probably I am very naive, but I also think I prefer to remain so, at least for the time being and perhaps for the rest of my life. Edsger W. Dijkstra

Close letter words and terms

time before the christian era time before the common era time before time time between time between midnight and noon time bill