split second

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SPLIT SECOND

a very small space of time <a devastating accident can cause everything in your life to change in a split second>

Synonyms beat, eyeblink, flash, heartbeat, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, nanosecond, New York minute, second, shake, split second, trice, twinkle, twinkling, wink

Related Words microsecond; snatch, spurt

Near Antonyms aeon (or eon), age, eternity, forever; infinity, lifetime

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