MINUTES Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

minutes 1 of 2

noun

plural of minute

as in seconds

a very small space of time I'll be with you in just a minute

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minutes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of minute

as in transcribes

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Recent Examples of minutes

Noun

Johannes scored all 12 of her points in the first quarter and played 18 minutes. — James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2026 Excluding the journey to Qatar, the flight that took the longest lasted 344 minutes and went from Miami to Seattle, where Infantino attended the Belgium-Egypt match on June 15. — ABC News, 19 July 2026 Shakira, Madonna, BTS and Justin Bieber are all expected to perform in a show that is expected to last 11 minutes. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026 Kenyan runner Faith Kipyegon, 31, almost made history in Paris last summer in her attempt to run a mile in under 4 minutes. — Katie Abel, Footwear News, 18 July 2026 Wait for 30 minutes after the final lightning or thunder before heading outside again. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026 The heavy use of VAR has also interrupted the flow of games by halting matches that weren’t meant to be halted, leaving everyone standing on the field while the referee goes off to watch TV, sometimes for minutes at a time. — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 Wait for 30 minutes after the final lightning or thunder before heading outside again. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2026 But five minutes later, the Swiss striker Breel Embolo received his second yellow card of the game from Portuguese referee Joao Pinheiro. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for minutes

Noun

As the final seconds ticked down on Spain’s 1-0 extra-time win over a valiant Argentina and the referee blew his whistle, one could be forgiven for their mind once again slipping to memories of La Roja’s maiden World Cup victory.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Fox stayed with the shot of Trump for just a few seconds before cutting to an aerial shot during which the boos can still be heard.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 19 July 2026

Definition of seconds

Verb

When a customer calls, the system transcribes the conversation and redacts personal information before the information is shared with the AI assistant, Dunn said.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
As more 911 calls come in, AI transcribes them on another screen.

— Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Definition of transcribes

Noun

Dodgers fan favorite Kiké Hernández has built a reputation for clutch October moments and an easygoing personality.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
The countdown clock is ticking, and both Lestat the vampire and Lestat the TV season are frittering away their last moments on restating the facts.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of moments

Verb

In the 2016 movie Jackie, which chronicles the immediate aftermath of JFK’s assassination, Bobby bemoans to Jackie that their legacy has been wasted with Jack’s death.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman — the latter being Nev’s brother — the film chronicles Nev’s investigation into the relationship.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of chronicles

Noun

People who develop racing heartbeats, tremors, anxiety, insomnia, reflux, headaches or reproducible palpitations after drinking coffee should not ignore those symptoms simply because population studies are reassuring.

— Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
But the most striking of the new songs is the opener, a slow-motion unfurling against a backdrop of heartbeats and zithers.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 18 July 2026

Definition of heartbeats

Verb

Bringing the seeds to space and finding places to plant them wasn’t an official part of the Apollo 14 mission, Fletcher Page reports.

— Cassidy Alexander, AJC.com, 23 July 2026
Magyar was himself once part of Orban’s political circle for over two decades and was previously married to Orban’s Justice Minister Judit Varga, reports Reuters.

— Sophia Mandt, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026

Definition of reports

Verb

The wallet itself runs checks against counterparties, enforces spending rules, and logs every interaction, effectively preventing the agent from acting outside approved parameters.

— Aaron Stanley, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
In a typical year, Michigan logs around fifty cyclospora infections; in the past month, the state has recorded more than three thousand.

— Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 14 July 2026

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