[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

instant \in"stant\, n. f. instant, fr. l. instans standing by,
   being near, present. see instant, a.
   1913 webster
   1. a point in time; a moment; a portion of time too short to
      be estimated; also, any particular moment; as, teh
      situation may change in an instant.
      1913 webster +pjc

            there is scarce an instant between their flourishing
            and their not being.                  --hooker.
      1913 webster

   2. a day of the present or current month; as, the sixth
      instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the
      sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. see
      instant, a., 3.

   syn: moment; flash; second.
        1913 webster
see also:
instant 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

instant \in"stant\, a. l. instans, -antis, p. pr. of instare to
   stand upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand:
   cf. f. instant. see stand.
   1913 webster
   1. pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
      1913 webster

            rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
            continuing instant in prayer.         --rom. xii.
                                                  12.
      1913 webster

            i am beginning to be very instant for some sort of
            occupation.                           --carlyle.
      1913 webster

   2. closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not
      deferred; immediate; without delay.
      1913 webster

            impending death is thine, and instant doom. --prior.
      1913 webster

   3. present; current.
      1913 webster

            the instant time is always the fittest time.
                                                  --fuller.
      1913 webster

   note: the word in this sense is now used only in dates, to
         indicate the current month; as, the tenth of july
         instant.
         1913 webster
see also:
stand 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

instant \in"stant\, adv.
   instantly. poetic
   1913 webster

         instant he flew with hospitable haste.   --pope.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

instant
     adj 1: occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous";
            "instant gratification" syn: instantaneous, instanta
     2: in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"
        syn: inst
     3: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
        "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
        h.l.mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" syn: clamant,
         crying, exigent, insistent
     n 1: a very short time as the time it takes the eye blink or the
          heart to beat; "if i had the chance i'd do it in a
          flash" syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, jiffy,
           split second, trice, twinkling, wink, new york
          minute
     2: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
        began" syn: moment, minute, second
see also:
instantaneous instanta inst clamant crying exigent 
insistent blink of an eye flash heartbeat jiffy 
split second trice twinkling wink new york minute 
moment minute second 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

190 moby thesaurus words for "instant":
   a breath, about to be, actual, acute, alert, already in sight,
   approaching, apt, as is, at hand, being, bit, breath, breathing,
   brewing, burning, clamant, clamorous, close, close at hand, coming,
   compelling, contemporaneous, contemporary, coup, crack, critical,
   crucial, crying, current, cursory, day, decisive, demanding, dire,
   direct, draining, earnest, exacting, exigent, existent, existing,
   exorbitant, expeditious, extant, extortionate, fateful moment,
   festinate, feverish, flash, flying, forthcoming, fresh, furious,
   future, gathering, going to happen, grasping, hair-trigger,
   half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, hasty,
   high-pressure, high-priority, hour, hurried, immanent, immediate,
   imminent, impendent, impending, imperative, imperious, importunate,
   in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store,
   in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, insistent,
   instantaneous, interval, jiff, jiffy, juncture, kairos,
   last-minute, latest, lightning-like, little, little bit,
   little while, looming, loud, lowering, lurking, menacing,
   microsecond, millisecond, minute, modern, moment, moment of truth,
   momentaneous, momentary, near, near at hand, nearing, new, no time,
   on the horizon, on the spot, overhanging, overnight, pair of winks,
   passing, period, persistent, pertinacious, pivotal, point,
   pregnant moment, prepared, preparing, present, present-age,
   present-day, present-time, pressing, presto, prompt,
   psychological moment, punctual, quick, quick as lightning,
   quick as thought, ready, ready-made, ready-mixed, running, season,
   sec, second, shake, short spell, short time, slap-bang, slapdash,
   small space, snap, space, span, speedy, spell, split second, spurt,
   stage, stretch, stroke, summary, superficial, swift, taxing,
   that be, that is, that will be, threatening, tick, time, time lag,
   to come, topical, trice, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twitch,
   two shakes, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, upcoming, urgent,
   waiting, while, wink

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