SECONDS Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

seconds 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of second

as in minutes

a very small space of time I'll be ready in a second

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seconds

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of second

as in discards

something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others the slightly flawed linens were sold as seconds

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seconds

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of second

as in sides (with)

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Recent Examples of seconds

Noun

The ambulance arrived 27 minutes and 30 seconds into the incident. — Brian Maass, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Like the Series 12, the Ultra 4 can measure your heart rate every five seconds and checks heart rate variability (HRV) 24 times more often than the previous generations. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 Please take 15 seconds out of your day to judge for yourself. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026 Thunder and lightning go off like artillery shells in every direction and the temperature can drop 30 degrees in seconds. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Bridget also proves to be an enterprising young woman, negotiating a higher salary for herself within seconds of accepting the new job. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Mainland returns to the kickoff to near midfield with 25 seconds left to go to work. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026 Tomcheck added another first half rushing score, a 13-yarder, with 23 seconds left in the second quarter. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026 Roll the ankle clockwise and counterclockwise for 30 seconds. — Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for seconds

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

And defunct iIndustry supplied artistic entrepreneurs with adaptable real-estate discards, like London’s Bankside Power Station, which evolved into Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Li has dedicated freezer bags for different dishes, like vegetable scraps for soups or fruit discards for smoothies.

— Emily Siner, NPR, 27 June 2026

Definition of discards

Verb

To Chau, the technology is one of many artist’s tools that assists him in rendering images of people and histories that couldn’t otherwise exist.

— Tran Chau, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
Chan took credit for some of the success of Cluely, a controversial AI startup whose app assists users in situations like job interviews in real time.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of assists

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

Definition of heartbeats

Noun

But when Emma never shows up to their meeting, Pao and Dante will have to go on an epic quest— filled with awkward moments, sarcasm, and somewhat reluctant friendships—to save their best friend.

— Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026
In its strongest moments, the film illustrates how the often contradictory desires for individual liberation and family connection are universal experiences.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of moments

Verb

As a result, the spirits are crafted with a key ingredient of manuka honey that helps protect the throat paired alongside more soothing botanicals such as bee pollen and chamomile.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026
More satellites mean an increasing probability of collisions, which helps to push us toward a Kessler-like scenario.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026

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