Dictionary Definition
meanwhile adv
1 at the same time but in another place;
"meanwhile, back at the ranch..."
2 during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will
not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his
other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" [syn:
meantime, in the
meantime]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The time between two events
Synonyms
- (during the time):
- (at the same time but elsewhere): in the meantime, meantime
Translations
during the time
- Finnish: samaan aikaan
- French: pendant ce temps-là
- Greek: εντωμεταξύ
- Italian: intanto, nel frattempo
- Norwegian: imens
- Slovene: medtem
- Spanish: mientras tanto
at the same time but elsewhere
- Finnish: sillä aikaa, sillä välin
- French: pendant ce temps-là
- Italian: intanto, nel frattempo
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: له ههمان کات
- Norwegian: imens
- Slovene: medtem
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ad interim, at a stretch, between acts, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, during the
interval, during the time, en attendant, for a time, for the
meantime, for the moment, for the nonce, in the interim, in the
meanwhile, interim,
interval, meantime, pendente lite,
temporarily, the
while, until then, while