While

/ʍaɪl/

Synonyms for "while" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(6 words)
a bita spellalthoughasas long aschanging system
Conjunction(1 words)
as
Preposition(1 words)
cum

Strong matches (33)

Noun(3 words)
durationeoninterval
Conjunction(1 words)
even though
Adjective(1 words)
forced relocation during war
Adverb(1 words)
formerly
Verb(1 words)
loiter

Related words (56)

Determiner(1 words)
much
Adverb(1 words)
occasionally
painpainspasspastpendingperiodpointpregnant momentpresentpsychological momentpsychological timeput inseasonspacespace timespace-timespanspellspendstage
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stretchtensetermthe futurethe pastthe presentthe whiletidetimetime lagtimebindingtroubleuse upwhenwhereaswhetwhile awaywhilstwile
Noun(12 words)
patchperiodperiods of immobilitypiecesandingsome timespanspellthoughturning off lightswhenwhereas
Conjunction(3 words)
untilwhenwhilom

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

6 entries
adverbdurationsubordinating conjunctiontimetime adverbtime period

More specific

7 entries
contrastive conjunctiondayhourlong whileshort whiletemporal conjunctionweek

Collocations

15 entries
a little whilea long whilea short whilea whileafter a whilefor a whilelong whileshort whilestay a whilethe long whilewait a whilewhile readingwhile studyingwhile testingwhile watching

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Translations

59 translations across 36 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • فَتْرَة noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • مُدَّة noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Catalan

1 entries
  • estona noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ماوە noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 一段時間 /一段时间 noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Czech

1 entries
  • chvíle noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Dutch

4 entries
  • een hele tijd noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • momentje noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • poosje noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • tijdje noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

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)

Finnish

1 entries
  • aika noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

French

1 entries
  • moment noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Galician

2 entries
  • intre noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • tempo noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დრო noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • დროის მონაკვეთი noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

German

3 entries
  • Weilchen n diminutive noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • Weile noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • Zeitspanne noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Greek

2 entries
  • διάστημα noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • χρόνος noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • egy darabig noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • egy ideig noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • idő noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • tempore noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Irish

2 entries
  • scaitheamh noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • tamall noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Italian

3 entries
  • lasso di tempo noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • periodo noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • po' noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 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)

Korean

3 entries
  • 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)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠪᡳᠯᠠᡤᠠᠨ noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • stund noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Old English

1 entries
  • hwīl noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Polish

2 entries
  • chwila noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • jakiś czas noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • tempo noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Romanian

1 entries
  • vreme noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Russian

2 entries
  • вре́мя noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • промежу́ток вре́мени noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • greis noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Spanish

1 entries
  • rato noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Swedish

2 entries
  • stund noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • tag noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Thai

1 entries
  • ขณะที่ noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Turkish

2 entries
  • -ken noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • iken noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Walloon

3 entries
  • hapêye noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • houbonde noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)
  • moumint noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sbel noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • skoft noun (uncertain duration of time, a period of time)

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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