Whilst

/waɪlst/

Synonyms for "whilst" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Conjunction(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

as long asat the same time
Conjunction(1 words)

Related words (5)

Conjunction(2 words)
even thoughwhile
Conjunction(1 words)

Related word relations

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3 relation types

More general

4 entries
concessive adverbconjunctionsubordinating conjunctiontemporal adverb

More specific

7 entries
albeitalthoughas long asduring whicheven thoughfor the duration ofsimultaneity

Collocations

12 entries
British Englishacademic writingconcessive clauseconcurrent actionformal registertemporal conjunctionwhilst abroadwhilst at homewhilst at universitywhilst studyingwhilst waitingwhilst working

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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The performers danced whilst singing - they performed extremely well.

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If you are going to the library this afternoon, would you please return two books for me whilst you are there?

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Whilst at university, Xiaowang held the post of class monitor.

Source: tatoeba (717409)

However, what's interesting is that whilst there are people whose computer use has become a problem, there are also people who have recovered from illness because of using computers.

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