1. (noun)
blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute
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"
2. (noun)
moment, minute, second, instant
a particular point in time
"the moment he arrived the party began"
3. (adj)
instantaneous, instant(a)
occurring with no delay
"relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"
4. (adj)
instant, inst
in or of the present month
"your letter of the 10th inst"
5. (adj)
clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant
demanding attention
"clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
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Definition of 'instant'
