Instant and Show

Instant

Instant noun - A very small space of time.

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Show and instant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Show" instead a noun "Instant".

Show noun - An outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect.

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Instant and show are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instant" instead a noun "Show".

Nearby Words: showy, showed, showing, showcase, shown

short	short instant	short show
certain	certain instant	certain show
current	current instant	current show
original	original instant	original show
Other adjectives: single, next, last.

Skitter could have taken them out in an instant, but takes her time to freak them out to show what happens to anyone stupid enough to attack her territory.

Source: Mook Horror Show
Precision F-Strike: The show largely substitutes the dialectal (and much softer) 'Feck' in place of the F-Bomb, but one memorable instant occurs in "Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep", uttered by show creator Graham Linehan.

Source: Series / Father Ted
SF Debris claimed it could be used to metaphorically show that in that instant, that was the end of regular human life; once the nukes detonated, nothing would be the same such as those mentioned shots.

Source: Film / The Day After

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

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