wink

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of WINK

a short sleep <I wasn't able to catch a wink during the entire flight>

Synonyms catnap, doze, drowse, forty winks, kip [chiefly British], siesta, snooze, wink

Related Words repose, rest; slumber; bed

a very small space of time <I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone>

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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