jiffy

The word “jiffy” has 2 syllables: jif-fy

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒɪfi/

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In the thesaurus, “jiffy” has 22 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

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Synonyms for jiffy

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New York minute
beat
breath
crack
eyeblink
flash
heartbeat
instant
jiff
microsecond
minute
moment
nanosecond
second
shake
snatch
split second
spurt
trice
twinkle
twinkling
wink

Antonyms for jiffy

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aeon
age
eon
eternity
forever
infinity
lifetime

Meanings of jiffy

noun
1. A very short, unspecified length of time.
2. A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
3. The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
4. The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre, but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
5. Short for jiffy bag, a padded envelope.

Example Sentences

I'll be back in a jiffy, just need to grab my coat.
Can you fix that problem in a jiffy? It shouldn't take long.
She whipped up a delicious meal in a jiffy.
In just a jiffy, the magician made the rabbit disappear.
With his skills, he solved the puzzle in a jiffy.

On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jiffy, such as: New York minute, aeon, age, beat, breath, crack, eon.

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Related Words

a moment

a beat
a blink
a flash
a jiffy
a minute
an instant
a second
a while

early

a bit previous
aboriginal
abrupt
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aged
ahead of time
ancient
anon
antecedent
antediluvian
anticipative
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apropos
at once
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early bird
early morning
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ere long
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first flush of morning
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hoary
immature
immediate
immediately
in a jiffy
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infant
initial
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matinal
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overearly
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without delay
young

facilely

ably
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fluently
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glibly
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hand over fist
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hands down
immediately
in a breeze
in a jiffy
in no time
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just like that
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lavishly
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lightly
like nothing
like water
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with ease
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without ado
without delay
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without encumbrance
without hesitation
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without restraint
without stint
without trouble

fast

PDQ
a mile a minute
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abundantly
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active
acute
adherent
agile
alert
all
all of
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appetite
apt
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artful
astute
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at length
at speed
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bound
brainy
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brisk
briskly
by and large
by leaps and bounds
cagey
cagy
careless
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cerebral
chiefly
chop-chop
clamped
clean
clever
close
cohesive
cold
compact
compendious
completely
concise
condensed
confirmed
constant
constrained
copiously
crafty
craving
creative
crisp
crooked
cunning
curtailed
cut-back
dashing
dead
debauched
deceitful
deceiving
deceptive
dedicated
deeply
defrauding
deluding
delusive
delusory
deny oneself
dependable
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determined
devil-may-care
devious
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devout
diet
discerning
dishonest
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double-quick
double-time
down the line
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down-the-line
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educated
electric
embedded
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energetic
energetically
enough
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even
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famishment
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flat-out
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fleet-footed
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flying
for fair
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fraudulent
frivolous
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full
full tilt
fully
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glued
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hands down
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heartily
held
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hot
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licentious
lickety split
lickety-split
light
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like a flash
like a shot
like all get out
like crazy
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like greased lightning
like mad
like wildfire
literate
little
lodged
logical
loose
loyal
lustful
mainly
malnutrition
momentary
more or less
mostly
munchies
nimble
nippy
not eat
on the double
out
overall
passionate
perceptive
percipient
perfectly
perfidious
permanent
perspicacious
pious
pithy
plain
plumb
posthaste
predominantly
predominately
presto
primarily
principally
profligate
prompt
promptly
pronto
prudent
quick
quick-witted
quickened
quickly
quite
racing
rakish
rapaciousness
rapacity
rapid
rapid-fire
rapidly
rashly
rational
rattling
ravenousness
readily
ready
reasonable
reckless
recklessly
refrain
reliable
resistant
resolute
resourceful
responsible
rogue
rush
rushed
sagacious
sage
salacious
sane
sapient
savvy
scholarly
schooled
secure
secured
securely
self-gratifying
self-indulgent
sensible
serious
set
shady
sharp
sharp-witted
shifty
short
short-lived
short-range
short-term
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shortish
shrewd
skilled
slick
slippery
sly
smart
snap
snappily
snappy
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sneaky
snug
solid
solidly
soon
sound
soundly
speedball
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split-second
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sporty
stable
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stanch
starvation
starve
staunch
steadfast
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steady
stomach
stone
stone-cold
strenuous
strong
stuck
sturdy
substantially
subtle
succinct
sudden
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summary
supersmart
supersonic
sure
sweet tooth
swift
swiftly
sworn
syncopated
tenacious
terse
thoroughly
through and through
tight
tightly
to bits
to pieces
to the hilt
to the max
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tough
trained
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transitory
treacherous
trickish
tricky
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tried-and-true
true
true blue
true-blue
trustworthy
trusty
ultrafast
ultrarapid
ultrasmart
unbreakable
unchaste
unconscionable
underhand
underhanded
undernourishment
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unhesitating
unprincipled
unqualifiedly
unscrupulous
unwavering
unyielding
utterly
velocious
vigorous
vigorously
voraciousness
voracity
wanton
wedged
well
well-read
whirlwind
wholly
wide
wild
wily
winged
wise
xerophagy
zippy

immediately

PDQ
abruptly
anon
apace
as soon as
at once
at short notice
away
bang
briskly
directly
double-time
exactly
fast
fleetly
forthwith
freely
full tilt
hastily
headlong
hereupon
impetuously
impulsively
in a New York minute
in a flash
in a jiffy
in no time
in nothing flat
incontinently
instantaneously
instanter
instantly
like now
momentarily
now
now or never
off the bat
on a dime
on the dot
on the double
on the spot
once
opportunely
plumb
posthaste
presently
presto
promptly
pronto
punctually
quick
quickly
rapidly
rashly
readily
recklessly
right
right away
right now
right off
seasonably
shortly
snappily
soon
soon afterward
speedily
straight away
straight off
straightaway
straightway
suddenly
summarily
swift
swiftly
thereupon
this instant
this minute
tout de suite
unexpectedly
unhesitatingly
urgently
when
without delay
without hesitation