interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag -- (the time between one event, process, or period and another; "meanwhile the socialists are running the government")
Overview of adv meantime
The adv meantime has 1 sense
meanwhile, meantime, in the meantime -- (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")