· the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
Synonym(s): interim, meantime, lag
Hypernym(s): time_interval, interval
· at the same time but in another place; "meanwhile, back at the ranch..."
· 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"
Synonym(s): meantime, in_the_meantime