Time

Synonyms for meanwhile

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsTime

the time between one event, process, or period and another

Meanwhile the socialists are running the government.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

meantime

Same sentence, swapped: Meantime the socialists are running the government.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for meanwhile as it is used in the sentence above.

rhythm
eternity
interval

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Closest first: other time words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

spellnouncharma verbal formula believed to have magical forceFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line vacationnounholidayleisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasureFoothillsHas a reason line yearnounclassa body of students who graduate togetherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line dawnnounmorningthe first light of dayFoothillsHas a reason line daytimenoundaylightthe time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outsideTreelineHas a reason line delaynounwaittime during which some action is awaitedTreelineHas a reason line distancenounspacethe interval between two timesFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line followverbtracefollow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of somethingFoothills

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