meantime

adverb

1. during the intervening time

- meanwhile I will not think about the problem

- meantime he was attentive to his other interests

- in the meantime the police were notified

Similar word(s): meanwhile

noun

1. the time between one event, process, or period and another

- meanwhile the socialists are running the government

Similar word(s): interim, lag, meanwhile

Definition categories: time, interval