INSTANT as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a particular point in time
   Synonym(s)
   • minute (what does minute mean?)
   • moment (what does moment mean?)
   • second (what does second mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the moment he arrived the party began
   Hypernyms(s) instant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • point (what does point mean?)
   • point in time (what does point in time mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • climax (what does climax mean?)
   • culmination (what does culmination mean?)
   • eleventh hour (what does eleventh hour mean?)
   • last minute (what does last minute mean?)
   • moment of truth (what does moment of truth mean?)
   • moment of truth (what does moment of truth mean?)
   • pinpoint (what does pinpoint mean?)
   • time (what does time mean?)
   • psychological moment (what does psychological moment mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat)
   Synonym(s)
   • blink of an eye (what does blink of an eye mean?)
   • flash (what does flash mean?)
   • heartbeat (what does heartbeat mean?)
   • jiffy (what does jiffy mean?)
   • New York minute (what does New York minute mean?)
   • split second (what does split second mean?)
   • trice (what does trice mean?)
   • twinkling (what does twinkling mean?)
   • wink (what does wink mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • if I had the chance I”d do it in a flash
   Hypernyms(s) instant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • moment (what does moment mean?)
   • minute (what does minute mean?)
   • second (what does second mean?)
   • bit (what does bit mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • flash (what does flash mean?)

INSTANT as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • demanding attention
   Synonym(s)
   • clamant (what does clamant mean?)
   • crying (what does crying mean?)
   • exigent (what does exigent mean?)
   • insistent (what does insistent mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • clamant needs
   • a crying need
   • regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous- H.L.Mencken
   • insistent hunger
   • an instant need
   Similar To
   • imperative (what does imperative mean?)
2. Meaning
   • in or of the present month
   Synonym(s)
   • inst (what does inst mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • your letter of the 10th inst
   Similar To
   • present(a) (what does present(a) mean?)