Synonyms for momentary
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Fleeting
fleeting, transitory, transient, ephemeral, temporary, passing, instantaneous, instant, quick, short, fugitive, volatile, temporal, impermanent, flitting, perishable, fugacious, momentaneous dated
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Lasting for only a moment.
Related words
- Word family
- momentarily
Example sentences
- transient Everything is transient and therefore sorrowful.
- fleeting At the age of 84, I dreamed about a fleeting love.
- ephemeral Love's pleasure is ephemeral; regret eternal.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| momentary | rising | |
| transient | steady | |
| fleeting | rising | |
| ephemeral | rising | |
| transitory | falling | |
| semelfactive | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- short1, quick1
- 7 letters
- passing2, instant2
- 8 letters
- volatile3, temporal3, fugitive3, fleeting2, meteoric4, flitting2
- 9 letters
- temporary4, transient2, ephemeral4, fugacious
- 10 letters
- perishable4, transitory4
- 11 letters
- impermanent
- 12 letters
- momentaneous, semelfactive
- 13 letters
- instantaneous5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (passing2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- momentané
- Italiano
- momentaneo
- Deutsch
- momentan