'Nonce' definitions:
Definition of 'nonce'
From: WordNet
noun
The present occasion; "for the nonce" [syn: time being, nonce]
Definition of 'Nonce'
From: GCIDE
- Nonce \Nonce\ (n[o^]ns), n. [For the nonce, OE. for the nones, a corruption of for then ones, where n. in then is a relic of AS. m in [eth]am, dat. of the article and demonstrative pronoun, E. the. See For, Once, and The.] The one or single occasion; the present call or purpose; -- chiefly used in the phrase
- for the nonce, i. e. for the present time. [1913 Webster]
- The miller was a stout carl for the nones. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- And that he calls for drink, I 'll have prepared him A chalice for the nonce. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Nonce word, "a word apparently employed only for the nonce". --Murray (New English Dict.). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nonce'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- contemporaneity,
- contemporaneousness,
- historical present,
- modernity,
- newness,
- now,
- nowadays,
- nowness,
- our times,
- present,
- present tense,
- presentness,
- the nonce,
- the now,
- the Now Generation,
- the present,
- the present age,
- the present day,
- the present hour,
- the present juncture,
- the present time,
- the time being,
- the times,
- these days,
- this day,
- this hour,
- this instant,
- this moment,
- this point,
- this stage,
- today