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

The duration of totality will peak at 6 minutes and 23 seconds near Luxor, the site of ancient Thebes, the pharaohs’ capital, in Egypt. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Bake in preheated oven until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026 Hartel intercepted a bad pass from goalkeeper Rafael Cabral and sent it into the open net seven minutes after entering as a substitute. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 Over the following kilometers, the main field, which included all the overall favorites, seemed unbothered by the three unknowns and trundled in over 17 minutes later. — Tom Campbell, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026 Those two talked for about 10 minutes while my wife and I were settled at the table. — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026 Episodes submitted in the Emmys’ Comedy category tend to be shorter (under 40 minutes) than those submitted in the Drama category (over 40 minutes). — Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for minutes

Noun

The moon's shadow will sweep across Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, Spain, and Portugal, offering up to 2 minutes 18 seconds of totality.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
There was the guy Daemon stabbed through the ear, and then the smelly killers Gwayne sniffed out, and now Ser Adrian, who took a knife to the throat within seconds of seeing Aemond.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 3 Aug. 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

After forming an alliance with Pogačar — who put on a show even through the typically ceremonial last stage — an exhausted van der Poel faced an onslaught in the final moments but hung on by a thread.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Attitude Control Motors provide precise steering during the final moments before impact.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026

Definition of moments

Verb

The narrative chronicles the desperate struggle for survival in a secluded harbor town after residents discover a mysterious alien entity on their outskirts.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 July 2026
My Big Italian Adventure, which aired on HGTV, chronicles the one-euro house Lorraine Bracco renovated in Sambuca di Sicilia.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 27 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

OpenAI is offering every college student in Georgia a $100 credit to be used on Codex, its artificial intelligence program that enables users to build software, apps, websites and other technical projects, Jason Armesto reports.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
Its glare is expected to wash out many of the fainter meteors, the Farmers’ Almanac reports.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 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

Definition of logs

Verb

Each year, the department faces lawsuits cataloging records inquiries that the LAPD failed to respond to by the 10-day or 24-day deadline.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
The alleged crime In the early hours of May 10, 2025, Pearson allegedly approached the house where the victim was sleeping, court records state.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Definition of records

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