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moment n. 1 instant, second, minute, half a second, two seconds,
flash, twinkling, blink or wink of an eye, twinkling of an eye,
trice, Colloq jiffy, shake, two shakes (of a lamb's tail),
before you can say 'Jack Robinson', Brit mo, half a mo, tick:
I'll be with you in a moment, Madam. 2 instant, time, second,
minute, hour, point (in time), juncture, stage: At that very
moment, the phone rang. 3 importance, weight, consequence,
significance, import, gravity, seriousness, prominence, concern,
note, interest, consideration: What you decide to do is of no
great moment.
momentary adj. fleeting, temporary, ephemeral, evanescent, impermanent,
fugitive, passing, transitory, brief, short-lived, quick, short,
hasty: The medicine afforded only momentary relief from the
pain.
momentous adj. important, weighty, consequential, significant, grave,
serious, decisive, crucial, critical, vital, pivotal,
portentous, charged, laden, fraught, of concern: The Augustan
Age was a momentous period in Latin literature.
momentum n. energy, force, drive, strength, impetus, power, inertia,
impulse, thrust, push: The car's momentum carried it over the
cliff. Her encouragement has given me the momentum needed to
carry on.
monarch n. 1 ruler, sovereign, potentate, crowned head; queen, king,
empress, emperor, tsar or czar: Mary was the monarch of
Scotland from 1542 to 1567. 2 ruler, sovereign, chief, lord,
master, owner, Colloq boss: He is monarch of all he surveys.
monarchy n. 1 kingdom, empire, domain, dominion, principality; state,
nation, country: According to Gibbon, a hereditary monarchy
presents the fairest scope for ridicule. 2 monocracy, autocracy,
absolutism, royalism, monarchism, sovereignty, totalitarianism,
authoritarianism; despotism, tyranny: Those who are
discontented with monarchy call it tyranny.
monastery n. abbey, cloister, priory, friary, charterhouse, hospice,
Buddhism vihara, Hinduism ashram, Tibetan Buddhism lamasery: In
later life he retired to a monastery to contemplate the world.