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Synonyms for perishable

  • adjective

Most common

fragile fleeting ephemeral impermanent short-lived volatile transient transitory

All synonyms

Adjective

ephemeral, fleeting, fragile, impermanent, transitory, volatile, mortal, temporary, transient, frail, dying, short-lived, passing, spoilable, temporal, deciduous, fugitive, transitive, momentary, fugacious

Antonyms

imperishable, shelf-stable, durable

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

Example sentences

  • fragile Fresh figs are very fragile and highly perishable.
  • fleeting At the age of 84, I dreamed about a fleeting love.
  • ephemeral Love's pleasure is ephemeral; regret eternal.
  • volatile The situation in Morocco is actually very volatile.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
perishablefalling
fragilerising
fleetingrising
ephemeralrising
impermanentrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
dying2, frail1
6 letters
mortal2
7 letters
passing2, fragile2
8 letters
volatile3, temporal3, fugitive3, fleeting2
9 letters
temporary4, transient2, momentary4, ephemeral4, deciduous4, spoilable, fugacious
10 letters
transitive, transitory4
11 letters
impermanent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dying2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
périssable
Italiano
deperibile
Deutsch
verderblich