at one time

1. 1.

   simultaneously

   “he took three cookies at a time”

   Synonymsat a timeat once
2. 2.

   at a previous time

   “at one time he loved her”

   “her erstwhile writing”

   “she was a dancer once”

   Synonymsonceformerlyerstwhileerst

Questions about at one time

What does at one time mean?

at one time means "simultaneously". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for at one time?

Close synonyms include at a time, at once, once, formerly, erstwhile. 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 one time a common word?

at one 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.