Synonyms for evanescent
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Disappearing, vanishing.
Related words
- Word family
- evanescence evanesce
Choose the right word
fugio, flee) as eluding attempts to detain it; that which is evanescent (L.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- invisible What would you do if you were invisible for a day?
- vanishing The bullseye in Yanni's windshield is vanishing already.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| evanescent | rising | |
| invisible | rising | |
| vanishing | rising | |
| flitting | rising | |
| impermanent | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- mortal2
- 8 letters
- temporal3, flitting2
- 9 letters
- invisible4, vanishing3
- 11 letters
- impermanent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mortal2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- évanescent
- Italiano
- evanescente