stound

15 synonyms for stound, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — A tide, or a season of the year.

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period space time instant moment minute second bit flash

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span duration interval mo

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jiffy jiff

Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

A period of time, or an hour.

period span duration space interval time

2. noun

A short moment, or an instant.

“Listen to me a little stound.”

instant moment minute jiffy second mo bit flash jiff

Etymology

Comes from Middle English stond, stounde, stound ("hour, time, season, moment"), from Old English stund ("a period of time, while, hour, occasion"), from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic *stundō ("point in time, hour"), from Proto-Indo-European *stut- ("prop"), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ("to stan...

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