MOMENT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • having important effects or influence
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself
    • virtue is of more moment that security
    Hypernyms(s) moment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
    Hypernyms(s) moment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • the moment of a couple is the product of its force and the distance between its opposing forces
    Hypernyms(s) moment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  4. Meaning
    • at this time
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the disappointments of the here and now
    • she is studying at the moment
    Hypernyms(s) moment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  5. Meaning
    • a particular point in time
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the moment he arrived the party began
    Hypernyms(s) moment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  6. Meaning
    • an indefinitely short time
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • wait just a moment
    • it only takes a minute
    • in just a bit
    Hypernyms(s) moment is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)