at a time

1. 1.

   simultaneously

   “he took three cookies at a time”

   Synonymsat onceat one time

Questions about at a time

What does at a time mean?

at a time means "simultaneously".

What is another word for at a time?

Close synonyms include at once, at one time. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is at a time a common word?

at a time is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.