Meanwhile

/ˈmiːnwaɪl/

Synonyms for "meanwhile" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Adverb(3 words)
in the meantimemeantimeat the same time
ad interimat a stretchbetween actsbetweentimesbetweenwhiles

Strong matches (11)

Adverb(2 words)
during the intervalduring the timeen attendantfor a timefor the meantimefor the momentfor the noncefor the time being
Preposition(1 words)
entre temps

Related words (19)

Adverb(4 words)
in the interimin the meanwhileinteriminterludeintervalmeantimependente litetemporarilythe whiletimeuntil thenwhile
Noun(3 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

9 entries
discourse adverbdurationintervaltemporal adverbtemporal intervaltemporal unittimetime intervaltime period

More specific

9 entries

Collocations

11 entries
at the same timeconcurrentlyduring the intervalduring the meanwhilein the meantimein the meanwhilemeanwhile clausemeanwhile periodsimultaneouslythe meanwhilewhile this occurs

Inflections

1 entries

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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Meanwhile, the foolish uncle was sitting in the living room.

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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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