time freeze
Clock stops completely
A time freeze is a narrative or conceptual device in which time stops for everything except a chosen observer or agent.
Common in fiction, video games, and thought experiments: The superhero activated a time freeze to save the falling passengers.
In gaming, a time freeze ability lets players pause the action while planning moves or aiming.
The phrase sometimes describes moments that feel suspended: Meeting her eyes across the room was a time freeze.
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- suspended animationHalted vital functions, reversible
- momentBrief period of time
stopped · stopped clock · clock · instant · split second · motionless · eternity · hover · snapshot · crystallized · still life · silent · breath · held breath · stasis · halt · dead stop · timeless
- power-upsboost, buff, extra life, invincibility, power boost
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- game cheatscheat codes, cheats, invincibility, infinite lives, infinite health
- SFXCGI, VFX, visual effects, compositing, green screen
- time travelcausal loop, bootstrap paradox, grandfather paradox, temporal paradox, alternate timeline
- time conceptsclock, calendar, hour, minute, second
time freezefast forward
Accelerate playback speed
time skip · time lapse · time warp · speed up · hyperspeed
time, freeze, times, timed, timing, timer, timers, timely, untimely