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Synonyms for moment
Synonyms for moment: bit, second and consequence. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for moment
Interchangeable with moment, one per sense
Audited under moment's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one moment carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name moment as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- consequenceconsequence is a noun in the sense "having important effects or influence"
two of these come from moment's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
an indefinitely short time
Wait just a moment.
moment in 2 more sentences, same sense
- She asked her manager for a moment before answering the difficult question.
- He paused for a moment to check whether the sauce needed more salt.
How it behaves: In this sense, moment usually appears in short imperative or request phrases such as 'wait a moment' or 'give me a moment,' marking a brief informal pause.
The true synonym
bit
Same sentence, swapped: Wait just a bit.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- consequence
- dead
- patch
The opposite, in this sense
eternity reverses moment as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of moment takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- eternity
a particular point in time
The moment he arrived the party began.
moment in 2 more sentences, same sense
- She glanced at the clock, and at that exact moment the phone rang.
- He hesitated at the doorway, and it was in that moment that he decided to knock.
How it behaves: In this sense moment usually follows "at" or "the" and pairs with a defining clause or "when", as in "the moment he arrived", across both spoken and written registers.
The true synonym
second
Same sentence, swapped: The second he arrived the party began.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- consequence
- end
- start
Where moment turns up in the game
moment is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where moment is the trap
Play moment
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so moment reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other time words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. moment carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.