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Synonyms for stound

  • noun

Most common

span jiffy canonical hour

All synonyms

Noun

1. Span — A brief span of time, moment, instant

second, moment, span, jiffy

Other

hour, canonical hour

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A brief span of time, moment, instant.

    Listen to me a little stound.

Related words

Other spellings
stoun

Forms

Plural
stounds → seconds, moments, spans, jiffies…

Example sentences

  • span One of Tom's problems is his short attention span.
  • jiffy Just a moment please. I'll be back in a jiffy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
stoundfalling
spansteady
jiffyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
hour2, span1
5 letters
jiffy2
6 letters
second2, moment2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hour2 = 2 syllables).