While

//ʍaɪl//

Synonyms for "while" (173 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (35)

as long as trouble albeit although amuse as far as at the same time at which time beguile bestow bit brighten chronology consume continuity day devote

Noun(11 words)

spell aeon age ages bat of an eye bit blink of an eye blue moon coon's age crack crow's age

Adverb(1 words)

sometimes

Conjunction(2 words)

as as much as

Verb(4 words)

dally dawdle dick around dilly-dally

Strong matches (52)

divert duration duree during which time effort elbow grease employ enliven entertain exertion expend fateful moment hour howbeit instant interval juncture kairos lastingness lighten

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meantime

Noun(22 words)

dog's age donkey's years eld eon eternity eyeblink flash forever forever and a day glimpse half a mo instant interim interlude interval jiff jiffy jot lifetime long haul

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long run meantime

Conjunction(1 words)

even though

Verb(7 words)

faff about footer footle idle laze loiter lounge

Adverb(1 words)

formerly

Related words (86)

meanwhile minute moment moment of truth pain pains pass past pending period point pregnant moment present psychological moment psychological time put in season space space time space-time

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span spell spend stage stretch tense term the future the past the present the while though tide time time lag timebinding use up when whereas whet while away whilst wile

Noun(25 words)

minute mo moment month of sundays new york minute new york second no time patch piece sec second space span split-second spurt stound throw tick trice twink

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twinkle twinkling uncertain period years yonks

Conjunction(10 words)

much as provided that providing so long as thoughbeit till until when whilom whilst

Adverb(5 words)

occasionally once in a while seld simultaneously whilere

Verb(3 words)

sit on one's hands stand by tool around

Related word relations

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

6 relation types

More general

1 entries

time

Synonyms

3 entries

as long as effort trouble

derived

44 entries

after a while all the while awhile breathing while build the plane while flying it do-while loop driving while black even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while every once in a while fiddle while Rome burns fix the roof while the sun is shining for a while get out while the getting's good in a little while

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has context

2 entries

northern england scotland

is a

2 entries

smoking cigarette burning time

related to

18 entries

although as long as awhile conjunction construct during idly loiter pass repeat repeat construct sometime time until wait wait sometime

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Translations

242 translations across 66 languages.

Arabic

4 entries

بَيْنَمَا conj (during the same time that)
فلْوقْط conj (during the same time that)
فِي حِين conj (during the same time that)
لما conj (during the same time that)

Armenian

1 entries

մինչ conj (during the same time that)

Asturian

2 entries

dun conj (during the same time that)
mientres conj (during the same time that)

Bashkir

1 entries

булһа ла conj (although)

Basque

1 entries

bitartean conj (during the same time that)

Belarusian

3 entries

да таго́ ча́су, паку́ль conj (during the same time that)
паку́ль conj (during the same time that)
у той час як conj (during the same time that)

Bulgarian

1 entries

докато conj (during the same time that)

Catalan

4 entries

malgrat conj (although)
mentre conj (during the same time that)
mentre que conj (during the same time that)
estona noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

ئەگەرچی conj (although)
ماوە noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

...的時候 /...的时候 conj (during the same time that)
當 /当 conj (during the same time that)
一段時間 /一段时间 noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Czech

3 entries

byť conj (although)
zatímco conj (during the same time that)
chvíle noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Danish

2 entries

medens conj (during the same time that)
mens conj (during the same time that)

Dutch

4 entries

hoewel conj (although)
terwijl conj (during the same time that)
terwijl conj (although)
zolang conj (as long as)

Dutch Low Saxon

2 entries

zet noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
zetje noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Egyptian

1 entries

x*t:f conj (during the same time that)

Esperanto

2 entries

dum conj (during the same time that)
kvankam conj (although)

Finnish

4 entries

kun conj (during the same time that)
kun conj (as long as)
kun taas conj (although)
niin kauan kuin conj (as long as)

French

4 entries

alors que conj (during the same time that)
bien que conj (although)
pendant que conj (during the same time that)
quoique conj (although)

Galician

4 entries

entrementres conj (during the same time that)
mentres conj (during the same time that)
namentres conj (during the same time that)
intre noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Georgian

3 entries

განმავლობაში conj (during the same time that)
დრო noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
დროის მონაკვეთი noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

German

4 entries

auch wenn conj (although)
obgleich conj (although)
obwohl conj (although)
solange conj (during the same time that)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴 conj (during the same time that)
𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Greek

4 entries

αν και conj (although)
ενόσω conj (during the same time that)
ενώ conj (during the same time that)
ενώ conj (although)

Hebrew

1 entries

בזמן ש־ conj (during the same time that)

Hungarian

4 entries

ameddig conj (during the same time that)
ameddig conj (as long as)
amíg conj (during the same time that)
amíg conj (as long as)

Ido

2 entries

dum conj (during the same time that)
dum ke conj (during the same time that)

Indonesian

2 entries

sementara conj (during the same time that)
seraya conj (during the same time that)

Interlingua

3 entries

ben que conj (although)
durante que conj (during the same time that)
tempore noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Irish

4 entries

agus conj (during the same time that)
chomh fada is conj (as long as)
chúns conj (as long as)
scaitheamh noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Italian

4 entries

benché conj (although)
malgrado conj (although)
mentre conj (during the same time that)
sebbene conj (although)

Japanese

4 entries

...ながら conj (during the same time that)
...時に conj (during the same time that)
...間に conj (during the same time that)
期間 noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Kazakh

1 entries

сол уақытта noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Khmer

1 entries

ក្នុងពេល conj (during the same time that)

Korean

4 entries

동안 conj (during the same time that)
기간 noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
동안 noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
한참 noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Latgalian

2 entries

cikom conj (during the same time that)
koleņ conj (during the same time that)

Latin

2 entries

dum conj (during the same time that)
dōnec conj (during the same time that)

Latvian

1 entries

kamēr conj (during the same time that)

Low German

1 entries

wil conj (during the same time that)

Macedonian

3 entries

додека conj (during the same time that)
иако conj (although)
макар conj (although)

Malay

3 entries

sambil conj (during the same time that)
semasa conj (during the same time that)
sementara conj (during the same time that)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠪᡳᠯᠠᡤᠠᠨ noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Māori

2 entries

keiwhā conj (during the same time that)
koi conj (during the same time that)

Navajo

1 entries

yínee' conj (although)

Norwegian

1 entries

stund noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

mens conj (during the same time that)
selv om conj (although)
så lenge conj (as long as)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

medan conj (during the same time that)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

ѥгда conj (during the same time that)

Old English

2 entries

þā hwīle þe conj (during the same time that)
hwīl noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Persian

2 entries

مادامی که conj (during the same time that)
هنگامی که conj (during the same time that)

Polish

4 entries

chociaż conj (although)
dopóki conj (during the same time that)
gdy conj (during the same time that)
mimo conj (although)

Portuguese

4 entries

embora conj (although)
enquanto conj (during the same time that)
malgrado conj (although)
tempo noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Romanian

4 entries

cât timp conj (as long as)
deși conj (although)
în timp ce conj (during the same time that)
vreme noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Russian

4 entries

в то вре́мя, как conj (during the same time that)
во вре́мя conj (during the same time that)
до тех пор, пока́ conj (during the same time that)
пока́ conj (during the same time that)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

greis noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

dok conj (during the same time that)
док conj (during the same time that)

Sicilian

3 entries

a mentri ca conj (during the same time that)
a p'assissì conj (during the same time that)
nnô mentri ca conj (during the same time that)

Spanish

4 entries

aun cuando conj (although)
aunque conj (although)
bien que conj (although)
con tal que conj (as long as)

Swedish

4 entries

fastän conj (although)
medan conj (during the same time that)
stund noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
tag noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Thai

2 entries

ในขณะที่ conj (during the same time that)
ขณะที่ noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Turkish

4 entries

aynı zamanda conj (during the same time that)
iken conj (during the same time that)
ken conj (during the same time that)
rağmen conj (although)

Ukrainian

4 entries

до тих пір, як conj (during the same time that)
до́ки conj (during the same time that)
по́ки conj (during the same time that)
під ча́с conj (during the same time that)

Vietnamese

2 entries

trong khi conj (during the same time that)
trong lúc conj (during the same time that)

Walloon

4 entries

cweki conj (although)
mågré ki conj (although)
sol tins ki conj (during the same time that)
tins ki conj (during the same time that)

Welsh

1 entries

sbel noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

West-Frisian

2 entries

wylst conj (during the same time that)
skoft noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Yiddish

1 entries

בעת conj (during the same time that)

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

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Seriously though, episode 21 made me almost cry while laughing.

Source: tatoeba (1454)

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Source: tatoeba (1669)

I read a book while eating.

Source: tatoeba (1881)

I have to do laundry while it's still sunny.

Source: tatoeba (2035)

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