MOMENTS Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

moments

noun

plural of moment

as in times

a particular point at which an event takes place at that moment he suddenly turned around and headed toward me

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Relevance

as in minutes

a very small space of time I'll be there in just a moment

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as in todays

the time currently existing or in progress I'm not doing anything at the moment

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Recent Examples of moments Plaques commemorate great Yankee moments, as does the iconic facade that was stationed above the original entrance. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Ewing cut down another from left field moments later, and the New York Mets held on for a 2-1 victory Monday night. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 The neighborhood Just moments from Lamb’s Conduit Street and directly behind the British Museum, the location is surely hard to beat for those seeking a truly London experience. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026 Domestic deployments have generally been reserved for relatively brief moments of extraordinary unrest, major security threats or natural disasters. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026 In these moments and others, HOTD has sometimes espoused a form of gender essentialism that suggests Rhaenyra and Alicent are both inherently kinder and better than the men around them. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 For professional coaches, these moments are often the ones that make all the effort, patience and reflection feel worthwhile. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 And that’s those moments that mark maybe a before and after in our game of urban or Latin music in general. — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for moments

Noun

Titan’s nitrogen-rich atmosphere is four times denser than Earth’s, allowing the car-sized Dragonfly drone’s eight rotors to easily fly between promising landing sites every Titan day (16 Earth days) to collect and study samples.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Only Middlesbrough made their regains higher upfield, on average, and Coventry caught opponents offside 136 times last campaign — the most since Barnsley (144) and Bournemouth (143) four seasons ago.

— Liam Tharme, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of times

Noun

But ask a robot to perform seemingly easy tasks, say, climbing up stairs or grabbing a glass of water, and many of todays droids still struggle.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
Massively popular in the Victorian era (especially the late 1800’s), gallery rails are finding their way into todays trad and modern homes alike.

— Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2025

Definition of todays

Noun

But there are occasions where the error slips through without the therapist noticing.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Starting with Celsius, the conversation around energy drinks has changed, widening their audience and the number of occasions where they can be consumed, Truist’s Greer said.

— Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of occasions

Noun

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
Everything in the body runs in vibratory cycles from heartbeats to brainwaves to sleep-wake cycles.

— Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026