All meanwhile synonyms
mean·while
M m adv meanwhile
- meantime — the intervening time: The party is Tuesday, but in the meantime I have to shop and prepare the food.
- till — up to the time of; until: to fight till death.
- simultaneously — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- until — onward to or till (a specified time or occurrence): She worked until 6 p.m.
- when — at what time or period? how long ago? how soon?: When are they to arrive? When did the Roman Empire exist?
- ad interim — for the meantime; for the present
- concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
- for the moment — for now
- for the time being — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- in the interim — for the time being, in the meantime
- up to — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
adverb meanwhile
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
noun meanwhile
- time out — a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- interim — an intervening time; interval; meantime: School doesn't start till September, but he's taking a Spanish class in the interim.
- cutoff — A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
- interlude — an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
- timeout — a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- idyll — a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like.
- interregnum — an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
preposition meanwhile
- all along — If something has been true or been present all along, it has been true or been present throughout a period of time.
- during — throughout the duration, continuance, or existence of: He lived in Florida during the winter.
- in the middle of — at the centre of
- in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
conjunction meanwhile
- at the same time — If two or more things exist, happen, or are true at the same time, they exist, happen, or are true together although they seem to contradict each other.
- just as — at the moment when
- howbeit — Archaic. nevertheless.
- much as — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.