Instant and Running

Instant

Instant adjective - Done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time.

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Running and instant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Running" instead an adjective "Instant".

Running adjective - Being in effective operation.

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Instant and running are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Instant" with "Running", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Words: run, runner

common	common instant	common running
current	current instant	current running
original	original instant	original running
single	single instant	single running
Other adjectives: next, last, literal.

Star Trek: Enterprise, "In a Mirror Darkly", has four individuals who become instant experts on running a Starfleet vessel, the U.S.S.

Source: Instant Expert
Not only that, but running out of time is an instant Game Over instead of a life lost.

Source: Exact Time to Failure
Needless to say, running into a pack of these during the first few levels of the game spells instant death.

Source: Demonic Spiders / Final Fantasy

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Running and Instant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/instant/running

Instant & Running. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/instant/running>.

Running or Instant. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/instant/running.

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