meanwhile

meanwhile is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time). Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time).
2. adverb. In the intervening time; during the interval.
3. noun. the time between one event, process, or period and another

   "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"

   Synonyms: interim, lag, meantime

4. adverb. during the intervening time

   "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"

   "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"

   Synonyms: meantime

5. adverb. at the same time but in another place

   "meanwhile, back at the ranch..."

Synonyms

interim, lag, meantime

Common word forms

meanwhiles

Words from these letters

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