brief moment
Blink of time
A brief moment is a very short span of time, often emphasizing how fleeting an experience or opportunity is: For a brief moment, I thought we might win.
The phrase typically highlights something transient—a feeling, a glimpse, a pause—that passes quickly and may not return.
- instantBriefest unit of time
- in a flashWithout any delay
- flashBrief burst of light
- split secondInfinitesimal unit of time
- fleetingPassing very quickly
second · blink of an eye · glimpse · heartbeat · blink · flicker · snapshot · split-second · passing · transient · fleeting glance · glance · whisper · breath · pause · flashing · ephemeral · tick
- momentsinstant, second, flash, jiffy, tick
- Redundanciestautology, pleonasm, redundancy, redundant phrase, added bonus
- time expressionsnow, today, soon, tomorrow, later