at the same time
In parallel fashion
At the same time marks simultaneity—two things happening together: The phone rang at the same time the doorbell did.
It also introduces a contrasting or complicating point, functioning like "however" or "but": I want to help; at the same time, I have my own responsibilities.
The phrase bridges acknowledgment with qualification.
- simultaneouslyAt the same instant
- meanwhileDuring the intervening time
- concurrentlyAt the same time
- concomitantlyAt the same time
- contemporaneouslyAt the same time
synchronously · coexisting · during · timed · at once · synchronized · coordinated · in tandem · coincidentally · together · when · right then · aligned · moment · instant · dual · paired · joint
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- concession phrasesadmittedly, granted, that said, in fairness, having said that
- instantlysuddenly, instantly, immediately, at once, abruptly
- Right Awaynow, instantly, immediately, promptly, forthwith
- conjunctionsand, but, or, for, nor
at the same timesequentially
In ordered succession
one at a time · afterward · subsequently · consecutively · one after another
at the same timetherefore
For that reason
consequently · as a result · thus · hence · accordingly