meantime

Meanings

Plural: meantimes

Noun

• the time between one event, process, or period and another
• The time spent waiting for another event; time in between.

Adverb

• during the intervening time
  • "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"
  • "in the meantime the police were notified"

Adv

• During the interval; meanwhile.

Synonyms

between-time, in the meantime, interim, lag, meanwhile

Related Words

meanwhile

Anagrams of meantime