INSTANTS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

instants

noun

plural of instant

as in moments

a very small space of time it all happened in an instant

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Recent Examples of instants Recent instants, according to the company, will be saved in an archive that's private and only accessible to the user who takes it. — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 13 May 2026 Elle has become a collector of sounds, wandering the city with a pocket recorder in hand, creating what are, in effect, sonic images of instants stretched out into time. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026

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Noun

This is where the Krafts have enjoyed so many moments, worlds away from any roaring crowd or national television audience or expectation to perform at the highest level for one of the most iconic franchises in sports.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
When halftime arrived, the Marching 100 delivered one of the afternoon’s signature moments.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of moments

Noun

Italian department store La Rinascente is 15-minutes away on foot, and cosmopolitan Monti, with its bars and shops, is a 10-minute walk away.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
Thirty minutes later, after a physician examined him, he was pronounced dead and covered with a white sheet.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of minutes

Noun

On Saturday, Bristol City fans sang a song that referred to Southampton as cheats in the opening seconds of their Championship game.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
Authorities are also reviewing the SUV’s event data recorder to determine Rios’ speed, braking and acceleration in the seconds before the deadly crash.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of seconds

Noun

Others include Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s light and sound installation Pulse Topology (2021), installed in 2023, in which visitors’ heartbeats inform the pulse of lights hanging overhead.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Simpson was diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, a rare heart condition that can cause irregular heartbeats and sudden cardiac death in seemingly healthy individuals, per John Hopkins Medicine.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

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