| While 1. (n.) Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent. 2. (n.) That which requires time; labor; pains. 3. (v. t.) To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust; to spend or pass; -- usually followed by away. 4. (v. i.) To loiter. 5. (conj.) During the time that; as long as; whilst; at the same time that; as, while I write, you sleep. 6. (conj.) Hence, under which circumstances; in which case; though; whereas. 7. (prep.) Until; till. Thesaurus Entries albeit, although, amuse, as far as, as long as, at which time, beguile, bit, brighten, chronology, continuity, day, divert, duration, duree, during which time, elbow grease, enliven, entertain, exertion, fateful moment, hour, howbeit, instant, interval, juncture, kairos, lastingness, lighten, meantime, meanwhile, minute, moment, moment of truth, pains, period, point, pregnant moment, psychological moment, psychological time, season, space, space-time, span, spell, stage, stretch, tense, term, the future, the past, the present, the while, tide, time, time lag, timebinding, trouble, when, whereas, whet, whilst, wile |