just as

1. 1.

   at the same time as

   “even as he lay dying they argued over his estate”

   “the building collapsed just as he arrived”

   Synonymseven as

Questions about just as

What does just as mean?

just as means "at the same time as".

What is another word for just as?

Close synonyms include even as. 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 just as a common word?

just as 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.