EYEBLINK Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

eyeblink

noun

ˈī-ˌbliŋk

Definition of eyeblink

as in minute

a very small space of time within an eyeblink I accepted their offer on the house

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Recent Examples of eyeblink Five million years is an eyeblink in geologic time. — Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eyeblink

Noun

The benefit of different formats The average club pre-season lasts six weeks, so there is a lot to cram in — and a regular 90-minute friendly does not always allow all your players the necessary game time.

— George Edwards, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
The show’s cast and crew stopped by San Diego Comic-Con in July to release the first few minutes of Season 3, which opened with Thalia Grace battling a monster.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of minute

Noun

The meteors are tiny fragments shed by Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle that burn up in Earth’s atmosphere at about 37 miles (59 kilometers) per second.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Hong Kong — A Chinese rocket set to launch a satellite into orbit blew-up seconds after liftoff Monday, marking the relatively rare failure for a rocket considered a workhorse of Beijing’s space program.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of second

Noun

Symptoms Symptoms can include sleeplessness, extreme worry about the baby or childbirth, restlessness and a racing heartbeat.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Instead, one morning in January, an informal village health practitioner came to her home and said the fetal heartbeat was slow.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of heartbeat

Noun

The finale underlines that break in its final scenes, cross-cutting between the former friends as Alicent makes her first and only appearance in the episode at the exact moment the full tragedy of Rhaenyra’s upper hand becomes apparent.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Perhaps, that moment will finally come this October in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026