WHILE Synonyms

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation

• remain present although waning or gradually dying

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• to hang about in a place beyond the proper or usual time

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait

• sit or recline comfortably

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

• a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

• a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

• a verbal formula believed to have magical force

• orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of

• indicate or signify

• write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)

• relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn

• place under a spell

• take turns working

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• a small contrasting part of something

• a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

• a piece of cloth used as decoration or to mend or cover a hole

• a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

• a short set of commands to correct a bug in a computer program

• a connection intended to be used for a limited time

• sewing that repairs a worn or torn hole (especially in a garment)

• a protective cloth covering for an injured eye

• a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

• to join or unite the pieces of

• provide with a patch; also used metaphorically

• mend by putting a patch on

• repair by adding pieces

• a separate part of a whole

• an item that is an instance of some type

• a portion of a natural object

• a musical work that has been created

• an instance of some kind

• an artistic or literary composition

• a portable gun

• a serving that has been cut from a larger portion

• a distance

• a work of art of some artistic value

• a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

• a share of something

• game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games

• to join or unite the pieces of

• create by putting components or members together

• join during spinning

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• repair by adding pieces

• unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together

• a treasury for government funds

• a strongbox for holding cash

• work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation

• give something useful or necessary to

• give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

• determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation

• mount or put up

• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

• supply means of subsistence; earn a living

• take measures in preparation for

• (rare or literary in North America) While, at the same time.