Synonyms for fugacious
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Transient — fleeting, fading quickly, transient
transient, ephemeral, transitory, passing, temporary, fleeting, short-lived, volatile, fugitive, impermanent, temporal, momentary, deciduous, perishable, transitive, flitting
Definitions
- adj. 1
Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
Example sentences
- passing Waves are created by energy passing through water.
- transient Everything is transient and therefore sorrowful.
- ephemeral Love's pleasure is ephemeral; regret eternal.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| fugacious | falling | |
| passing | steady | |
| transient | steady | |
| ephemeral | rising | |
| transitory | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- passing2
- 8 letters
- volatile3, temporal3, fugitive3, fleeting2, flitting2
- 9 letters
- temporary4, transient2, momentary4, ephemeral4, deciduous4
- 10 letters
- perishable4, transitive, transitory4
- 11 letters
- impermanent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (passing2 = 2 syllables).