Synonyms of the word

while

• n. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
• conj. During the same time that.
• conj. Although.
• conj. (Northern England, Scotland) Until.
• conj. As long as.
• v. (transitive) To pass (time) idly.
• v. To loiter.

patch

• n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen…
• n. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
• n. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to…
• n. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location,…
• n. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
• n. An area of professional responsibility.
• n. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty; an imitation beauty mark.
• n. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
• n. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug…
• n. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
• n. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
• n. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a…
• n. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
• n. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
• n. (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical…
• n. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
• v. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
• v. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
• v. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
• v. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
• v. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
• v. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner.
• v. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence.
• v. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
• n. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

piece

• n. A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.
• n. A single item belonging to a class of similar items.
• n. (chess) One of the figures used in playing chess, specifically a higher-value figure as distinguished…
• n. A coin, especially one valued at less than the principal unit of currency.
• n. An artistic creation, such as a painting, sculpture, musical composition, literary work, etc.
• n. An artillery gun.
• n. (US, colloquial) A gun.
• n. (US, Canada, colloquial, short for hairpiece) A toupee or wig, especially when worn by a man.
• n. (Scotland, Ireland, Britain dialectal, US dialectal) A slice or other quantity of bread, eaten on its…
• n. (US, colloquial, vulgar) A sexual encounter; from piece of ass or piece of tail.
• n. (US, colloquial, mildly vulgar, short for piece of crap/piece of shit) A shoddy or worthless object (usually…
• n. (US, slang) A cannabis pipe.
• n. (baseball) Used to describe a pitch that has been hit but not well, usually either being caught by the…
• n. (dated, sometimes derogatory) An individual; a person.
• n. (obsolete) A castle; a fortified building.
• n. (US) A pacifier.
• n. (colloquial) A distance.
• v. (transitive, usually with together) To assemble (something real or figurative).
• v. To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces; to patch; often with out.
• v. (slang) To produce a work of graffiti more complex than a tag.

spell

• n. (obsolete) Speech, discourse.
• n. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
• n. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
• v. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
• v. (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.
• v. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
• v. (transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
• v. (intransitive) To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
• v. (transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To indicate that (some event) will occur.
• v. (transitive, figuratively, with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
• v. To constitute; to measure.
• v. (transitive) To work in place of (someone).
• v. (transitive) To rest (someone or something).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To rest from work for a time.
• n. A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
• n. (informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).
• n. (colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short…
• n. A period of rest; time off.
• n. (colloquial, US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
• n. (cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
• n. (dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
• n. The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

time

• n. (uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past.
• n. A duration of time.
• n. An instant of time.
• n. (countable) The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.
• n. (countable) Ratio of comparison.
• n. (grammar, dated) Tense.
• n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.
• v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.
• v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.
• v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.
• v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay.
• v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.
• v. To measure, as in music or harmony.
• interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.