instant
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- mo hypernym
Related & opposite
- flash derivation
Sense 2 noun
a particular point in time
the moment he arrived the party began
Types & categories
- point in time hypernym
- climax hyponym
- eleventh hour hyponym
- moment of truth hyponym
- moment of truth hyponym
- pinpoint hyponym
- time hyponym
- psychological moment hyponym
Related & opposite
- instantaneous derivation
Sense 3 adjective
in or of the present month
your letter of the 10th inst
Related & opposite
- presenta similar to
Sense 4 adjective
demanding attention
clamant needs
Related & opposite
- instancy derivation
- emergency derivation
- exigency derivation
- press derivation
- imperative similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flash |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mo |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | instantaneous |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | point in time |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | climax |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eleventh hour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | moment of truth |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | moment of truth |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinpoint |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | time |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychological moment |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | presenta |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | instancy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | emergency |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | exigency |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | press |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | imperative |