100 Best Synonyms for “While”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	a bit	a short time
2.	a jiffy	a very short time
3.	a minute	a short time
4.	a moment	a very short time
5.	a period	a length of time
6.	a sec	a very short time
7.	a second	a very short time
8.	a short time	a brief period
9.	a spell	a short period of time
10.	a tick	a very short time
11.	a time	a period of time
12.	admittedly	although it is true
13.	albeit	although
14.	all the same	nevertheless
15.	although	despite the fact that
16.	amid	during; in the middle of
17.	amidst	during; in the middle of
18.	among	during or surrounded by
19.	an instant	a very brief moment
20.	any time	whenever something happens
21.	as	at the same time that
22.	assuming	if it is true that
23.	at the same time	during that same period
24.	at the time	when something happened
25.	between	in the time separating
26.	briefly	for a short time
27.	but	yet; on the contrary
28.	by contrast	in an opposite way
29.	compared with	in comparison to
30.	concurrently	happening at the same time
31.	contrary to	opposite to
32.	conversely	on the other hand
33.	currently	at the present time
34.	despite	without being prevented by
35.	during	throughout the time that
36.	earlier	before then
37.	even if	whether or not
38.	even so	nevertheless
39.	even though	despite the fact that
40.	every time	whenever something happens
41.	fleetingly	for a very short time
42.	for a bit	for a short time
43.	for a minute	for a short time
44.	for a moment	for a short time
45.	for a short time	during a brief period
46.	for a spell	for a short time
47.	for a time	during a period
48.	for some time	during an unspecified period
49.	for the duration of	during all of
50.	from when	starting at the time that
51.	given that	considering that
52.	granted	admittedly; although true
53.	however	nevertheless; in contrast
54.	if	on the condition that
55.	in between	during the interval
56.	in case	if something happens
57.	in contrast	by comparison; conversely
58.	in spite of	despite
59.	in the interim	meanwhile
60.	in the interval	during the intervening time
61.	in the meantime	during the intervening time
62.	interimly	for an interim period
63.	intermediately	during an intervening time
64.	later	after some time
65.	meantime	during the intervening time
66.	meanwhile	during the same time
67.	momentarily	for a brief time
68.	nevertheless	despite what was said
69.	nonetheless	despite what was said
70.	notwithstanding	despite
71.	on condition that	only if
72.	on the other hand	from another viewpoint
73.	over	during a period of
74.	presently	soon; at present
75.	previously	before then
76.	provided	on the condition that
77.	providing	on the condition that
78.	provisionally	for the time being
79.	regardless of	despite
80.	right now	at this time
81.	simultaneously	at the same time
82.	since	from the time when
83.	so long as	provided that
84.	some time	an unspecified period
85.	somewhile	for some time
86.	supposing	if it is the case that
87.	temporarily	for a limited time
88.	then again	on the other hand
89.	though	despite the fact that
90.	through	during all of
91.	throughout	during the whole of
92.	today	at the present time
93.	transiently	for a short time
94.	unlike	in contrast to
95.	vis-à-vis	in relation or contrast to
96.	when	at the time that
97.	whenever	every time that
98.	where	in contrast with a case where
99.	whereas	in contrast with the fact that
100.	whilst	during the time that