blink of an eye

Questions about blink of an eye

What is another word for blink of an eye?

It depends which blink of an eye you mean. In the sense “a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)”, the synonyms are flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute. Across all 1 sense there are 9 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of blink of an eye?

WordNet records no antonym for blink of an eye. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for blink of an eye come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of blink of an eye

• Full entry for blink of an eyeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for blink of an eyeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.