instants
Blinks of time
Instants is the plural of instant—moments so brief they seem to have no duration.
The word often emphasizes how quickly something happened: In those few instants, everything changed.
Instants also refers to products designed for quick preparation: The shelf was stocked with instants—coffee, oatmeal, rice.
Short spans of time
- flashesBrief intense light bursts
- secondsTime units, or extras
- split-secondsExtremely brief time intervals
- heartbeatsCardiac muscle contractions
blinks · twinkles · flickers · glimpses · snatches · whispers · sparks · bursts
The present moment
- presentGift or current moment
- suddenOccurring without prior notice
- quickMoving with speed
- promptIncite to action
swift · rapid · abrupt · lightning · immediate · urgent · snap · split-second
moments
Short spans of time
- flashesBrief intense light bursts
- secondsTime units, or extras
- split-secondsExtremely brief time intervals
heartbeats · blinks · twinkles · flickers · glimpses · snatches · whispers · sparks · bursts · pulses
now
The present moment
prompt · swift · rapid · abrupt · lightning · immediate · urgent · snap · split-second · real-time
snapshots
Informal, quick photographs
frames · clicks · stills · polaroids · candids · freezes · shutter
coffee
Brewed bean beverage
soup · rice · miso · pudding · packets · sachets · microwaveable · freeze-dried · powdered · ready-made
instantseternity
Boundless temporal existence
perpetuity · forever · infinity · permanence · timelessness
- instant coffeePowdered caffeinated drink
- instant noodlesFast-cooking dried pasta
- in an instantWith no delay
- instant replayRepeated broadcast of action
- this instantAt the present moment
- instant gratificationSatisfaction without delay
instant, instantly, instantaneous, instantiate, instantiation