moment

Nouns

  • (n) a particular point in time
    • the moment he arrived the party began
    instant, minute, second,
  • (n) an indefinitely short time
    • wait just a moment
    • in a mo
    • it only takes a minute
    • in just a bit
    mo, minute, second, bit,
  • (n) at this time
    • the disappointments of the here and now
    • she is studying at the moment
    here and now, present moment,
  • (n) having important effects or influence
    • decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself
    • virtue is of more moment than security
    • that result is of no consequence
    consequence, import,
  • (n) a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
  • (n) the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

Synonyms

instant minute second mo bit here and now present moment consequence import

Antonyms

inconsequence

Words of close approximity

momentaneous momentarily momentary momently moment magnitude scale moment of a couple moment of a magnet moment of inertia moment of truth momentous momentously momentousness momentum