meanwhile
At this time
Meanwhile marks the time between events or indicates what happens during the same period: I'll get dressed; meanwhile, you start the car.
It can signal contrast between simultaneous situations: The economy struggles; meanwhile, billionaires thrive.
As a noun, in the meanwhile means during the intervening time—though in the meantime is more common.
Introduces a contrasting point
- yetStill, or eventually
- butContrast introducer
- on the other handPhrase introducing contrast
- converselyIn opposite manner
nevertheless · nonetheless · in contrast · whereas · alternatively · elsewhere · at the same time · juxtaposition
At the same time
- simultaneouslyAt the same instant
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- at the same timeOccurring together, simultaneously
- in tandemActing as one unit
synchronously · coinciding · coexisting · alongside · during · as · overlapping · at once
however
Introduces a contrasting point
- yetStill, or eventually
- butContrast introducer
- on the other handPhrase introducing contrast
conversely · nevertheless · nonetheless · in contrast · whereas · alternatively · elsewhere · at the same time · juxtaposition · counterpoint
concurrently
At the same time
- simultaneouslyAt the same instant
- parallelEquidistant at all points
- at the same timeOccurring together, simultaneously
in tandem · synchronously · coinciding · coexisting · alongside · during · as · overlapping · at once · together
in between
In the middle space
gap · interval · transitional · temporary · holding pattern · limbo · hiatus · stopgap · bridging · pending
- timesecond, minute, hour, day, seconds
- time expressionsnow, today, soon, tomorrow, later
- Temporarilybriefly, temporarily, for now, for the time being, pro tem
- Story Termsonce upon a time, the end, happily ever after, long ago, to be continued
- time phrasesall day, all night, for now, in time, on time
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
meanwhileafterward
At a subsequent time
afterwards · subsequently · later · then · beforehand
meanwhileas I was saying
Phrase resuming interrupted speech
in conclusion · anyway · furthermore · as mentioned · moreover