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An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement. (more info) motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See Move, and cf. Momentum, 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment. In a moment,

Additional info about word: MOMENT

An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement. (more info) motion, moment, fr. movere to move. See Move, and cf. Momentum, 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. 1 Cor. xv. 52. 2. Impulsive power; force; momentum. The moments or quantities of motion in bodies. Berkley. Touch, with lightest moment of impulse, His free will. Milton. 3. Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration. Matters of great moment. Shak. It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less moment and consequence of us than the others. Bentley. 4. An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MOMENT)

• Concern
• Interest
• regard
• anxiety
• matter
• affair
• institution
• solicitude
• moment
• regret
• sympathy
• sorrow
• Consequence
• Effect
• issue
• result
• inference
• coherence
• deduction
• conclusion
• outcome
• importance
• note
• dignity
• Importance
• weight
• consequence
• significance
• signification
• avail
• concern
• Instant
• Moment
• second
• minute
• twinkling
• trice
• flash
• Gravity
• ponderosity
• heaviness
• pressure
• burden
• power
• influence
• efficacy
• impressiveness

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of MOMENT)

• Fail
• fall
• disappoint
• betray
• Miss
• overlook
• disregard
• despise
• dislike
• contemn
• hate
• loathe
• misconsider
• misconceive
• misestimate
• misjudge
• Welcome
• hail
• approve
• abandon
• abjure
• forget
• Originate
• arise
• precede
• spring
• commence
• start
• begin

Related words: (words related to MOMENT)

• SECOND
  1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5. 2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity,
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SORROW
  The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good, real or supposed, or by diseappointment in the expectation of good; grief at having suffered or occasioned evil; regret; unhappiness; sadness. Milton. How great
• AVAILABLENESS
  1. Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. 2. Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. Sir M. Hale.
• INSTANT
  upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand: cf. F. in. 1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Rom. xii. 12. I am beginning to be very instant for some sort
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• MISJUDGE
  To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• SORROWED
  Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. Shak.
• STARTLINGLY
  In a startling manner.
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• POWERABLE
  1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
• SPRINKLING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate
• BURDENER
  One who loads; a oppressor.
• PRECEDENTLY
  Beforehand; antecedently.
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• PARAVAIL
  At the bottom; lowest. Cowell. Note: In feudal law, the tenant paravail is the lowest tenant of the fee, or he who is immediate tenant to one who holds over of another. Wharton.
• INCONSEQUENCE
  The quality or state of being inconsequent; want of just or logical inference or argument; inconclusiveness. Bp. Stillingfleet. Strange, that you should not see the inconsequence of your own reasoning! Bp. Hurd.
• FRICATRICE
  A lewd woman; a harlot. B. Jonson.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• COUNTER WEIGHT
  A counterpoise.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
• MISCONCLUSION
  An erroneous inference or conclusion. Bp. Hall.
• FRATRICELLI
  The name which St. Francis of Assisi gave to his followers, early in the 13th century. A sect which seceded from the Franciscan Order, chiefly in Italy and Sicily, in 1294, repudiating the pope as an apostate, maintaining the duty of celibacy and