meanwhile

nouns

the time between one event, process, or period and another
"meanwhile the socialists are running the government"
interim, lag, meantime, meanwhile

adverbs

at the same time but in another place
"meanwhile, back at the ranch..."
meanwhile
during the intervening time
"meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified"
in the meantime, meantime, meanwhile