Meanwhile, the foolish uncle was sitting in the living room.
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Meanwhile
//ˈmiːnwaɪl//
Synonyms for "meanwhile" (48 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
Related word relations
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2 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
133 translations across 41 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أَمَّا adv (during the intervening time)
- لَمَّا فِي الأَثْنَاءِ adv (during the intervening time)
Basque
1 entries- bitartean adv (during the time something is happening)
Belarusian
4 entries- між ты́м adv (during the intervening time)
- тым ча́сам adv (during the time something is happening)
- тым ча́сам adv (during the intervening time)
- у то́й жа ча́с adv (during the time something is happening)
Bulgarian
2 entries- междувре́менно adv (during the time something is happening)
- през това́ вре́ме adv (during the intervening time)
Catalan
3 entries- entretant adv (during the intervening time)
- mentrestant adv (during the time something is happening)
- mentrestant adv (during the intervening time)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- لە ھەمان کات adv (during the intervening time)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 同時 /同时 adv (during the time something is happening)
- 與此同時 /与此同时 adv (during the intervening time)
Czech
1 entries- mezitím adv (during the time something is happening)
Danish
4 entries- i mellemtiden adv (during the time something is happening)
- i mellemtiden adv (during the intervening time)
- imens adv (during the time something is happening)
- imens adv (during the intervening time)
Dutch
4 entries- in de tussentijd adv (during the intervening time)
- intussen adv (during the time something is happening)
- intussen adv (during the intervening time)
- ondertussen adv (during the time something is happening)
Esperanto
4 entries- dume adv (during the time something is happening)
- dume adv (during the intervening time)
- samtempe adv (during the time something is happening)
- tamen adv (in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned)
Finnish
3 entries- samaan aikaan adv (during the time something is happening)
- sillä aikaa adv (during the intervening time)
- sillä välin adv (during the intervening time)
French
4 entries- en attendant adv (during the time something is happening)
- entretemps adv (during the time something is happening)
- pendant ce temps-là adv (during the time something is happening)
- pendant ce temps-là adv (during the intervening time)
Galician
4 entries- encanto adv (during the time something is happening)
- entanto adv (during the time something is happening)
- entanto adv (during the intervening time)
- entrementres adv (during the time something is happening)
Georgian
1 entries- ამასობაში adv (during the time something is happening)
German
4 entries- derweil adv (during the time something is happening)
- einstweilen adv (during the time something is happening)
- in der Zwischenzeit adv (during the intervening time)
- inzwischen adv (during the time something is happening)
Greek
2 entries- εν τω μεταξύ adv (during the time something is happening)
- εν τω μεταξύ adv (during the intervening time)
Hebrew
1 entries- בינתיים adv (during the intervening time)
Hungarian
4 entries- azonban adv (in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned)
- eközben adv (during the time something is happening)
- ezalatt adv (during the time something is happening)
- holott adv (in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned)
Icelandic
4 entries- á meðan adv (during the time something is happening)
- á meðan adv (during the intervening time)
- í millitíðinni adv (during the time something is happening)
- í millitíðinni adv (during the intervening time)
Irish
1 entries- lena linn sin adv (during the time something is happening)
Italian
4 entries- intanto adv (during the time something is happening)
- intanto adv (during the intervening time)
- nel contempo adv (during the time something is happening)
- nel contempo adv (during the intervening time)
Japanese
1 entries- その間に adv (during the intervening time)
Latin
3 entries- intereā adv (during the intervening time)
- interim adv (during the time something is happening)
- tantisper adv (during the time something is happening)
Malay
2 entries- pada masa yang sama adv (during the intervening time)
- sementara itu adv (during the intervening time)
Norwegian
1 entries- imens adv (during the intervening time)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- i mellomtiden adv (during the time something is happening)
- imens adv (during the time something is happening)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- i mellomtida adv (during the time something is happening)
- imens adv (during the time something is happening)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- медзитим adv (during the time something is happening)
- у медзичаше adv (during the time something is happening)
Persian
1 entries- در این فاصله adv (during the time something is happening)
Polish
4 entries- na razie adv (during the time something is happening)
- tymczasem adv (during the time something is happening)
- tymczasem adv (during the intervening time)
- w międzyczasie adv (during the time something is happening)
Portuguese
4 entries- ao mesmo tempo adv (during the time something is happening)
- enquanto isso adv (during the intervening time)
- entretanto adv (during the intervening time)
- no entanto adv (in contrast or opposed to aspects previously mentioned)
Romanian
1 entries- între timp adv (during the time something is happening)
Russian
4 entries- в то́ же вре́мя adv (during the time something is happening)
- в э́то вре́мя adv (during the time something is happening)
- ме́жду тем adv (during the intervening time)
- тем вре́менем adv (during the intervening time)
Sardinian
4 entries- in tantu adv (during the time something is happening)
- in tantu adv (during the intervening time)
- peristantu adv (during the time something is happening)
- peristantu adv (during the intervening time)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- u međuvremenu adv (during the time something is happening)
- u međuvremenu adv (during the intervening time)
Slovene
2 entries- medtem adv (during the time something is happening)
- medtem adv (during the intervening time)
Spanish
4 entries- a todas estas adv (during the intervening time)
- a todo esto adv (during the intervening time)
- entretanto adv (during the intervening time)
- mientras tanto adv (during the time something is happening)
Swedish
4 entries- samtidigt adv (during the time something is happening)
- samtidigt adv (during the intervening time)
- under mellantiden adv (during the intervening time)
- under tiden adv (during the time something is happening)
Ukrainian
4 entries- в то́й же ча́с adv (during the time something is happening)
- між ти́м adv (during the intervening time)
- тим ча́сом adv (during the time something is happening)
- тим ча́сом adv (during the intervening time)
Yiddish
1 entries- דערווײַל adv (during the time something is happening)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Meanwhile, a new year began.
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Meanwhile, the PIRATE Party offers space on an internet server of their own to all CDU groups in Kassel that are affected by censorship by the party leaders.
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Many Australians are descendants of criminals sent there. Meanwhile, the crime rate in Australia is very low. Food for thought.
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