| Meanwhile 1. (n.) The intervening time; as, in the meantime (or mean time). 2. (adv.) In the intervening time; during the interval. Thesaurus Entries 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 |