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Definition of moment : 1. A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.
2. An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.
3. An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
4. Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.
5. Impulsive power; force; momentum.
6. Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.

Synonyms:

momentousness, routine, effect, flash, second base, jiffy, spot, outcome, piece, import, act, important, opening, meaning, choice, bit, significance, issue, s, twinkling, the initiative, big, scrap, irregular, chip, sec, concern, present moment, importee, min, eyeblink, here and now, split second, snatch, morsel, turn, importation, while, jiff, wink, aftermath, flake, minute, weightiness, secondment, a bit, concernment, today, nanosecond, number, short-term, tick, endorsement, bite, mo, second, consequence, indorsement, hour, beat, account, now, fleck, significancy, crack, weight, shake, access, blink of an eye, window of opportunity, twinkle, trice, opportunity, possibilities, implication, molybdenum, result, time, atomic number 42, New York minute, arcsecond, point, magnitude, scope, bout, upshot, heartbeat, second gear, chance, break, signification, minute of arc, arcminute

episode, circumstance, juncture, instant, condition, cardinal point, milestone, incidence, occasion, occurrence, situation, status, conjuncture, happening, event, basis, landmark

impermanence, briefness, transience, instantaneousness, temporality, transition, evanescence, fleetingness, volatility

importance, note

Usage examples:

• All right in a moment. - "The Sport of the Gods", Paul Laurence Dunbar.
• " Let me try to take it in a moment," he said. - "Dawn of All", Robert Hugh Benson.
• It won't take me a moment. - "The Argonauts of North Liberty", Bret Harte.