for a while (adverb) awhile: for a short period
Detalii: awhile means 'for a time' and a while means 'a period of time'awhile is an adverb and so must occur as a modifier to a verb; while is a noun meaning 'period of time'
Sinonime: bashful, buttoned up, checked, clammed up, close, closed up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up, faint, hush, iced, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, mum, mute, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkativ