in a moment
Right away, almost
In a moment means very soon, in a short time: I'll be with you in a moment.
The phrase suggests a brief delay—longer than instantly but shorter than later.
It can also describe something happening during a particular instant: In a moment of weakness, she agreed to help.
- instantBriefest unit of time
- split secondInfinitesimal unit of time
- quicklyAt high speed
- shortlyIn little time
- hang onWait or persist
second · immediately · hold on · fleeting · jiffy · in a flash · minute · soon · heartbeat · now · promptly · evanescent · just a minute · hastily · ephemeral · short-lived · rapidly · passing
- time expressionsnow, today, soon, tomorrow, later
- soon synonymssoon, shortly, presently, imminently, any minute
- patience phraseswait, hold on, just a minute, one second, stand by
- suddennesssudden, suddenly, abrupt, abruptly, instant
temporal immediacy
in a momentnever
At no point
eventually · someday · in due time · in the long run · at some point
moment, momentary, moments, momentarily, momentous, momentousness, momentously