Synonyms for transitory
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Transient — lasting only a short time; temporary
transient, temporary, ephemeral, short-lived, fleeting, passing, momentary, impermanent, brief, short, temporal, fugitive, volatile, perishable, mortal, flying, fugacious, flitting, deciduous, transitive, seasonable dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lasting only a short time; temporary.
Related words
- Word family
- transitorily transitoriness transient
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Transient and transitory are both derived from the same original source (L. A thing is transient which in fact is not lasting; a thing is transitory which by its very nature must soon pass away; a thing is temporary (L.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- temporary The banker's pay cut was temporary, not permanent.
- transient Everything is transient and therefore sorrowful.
- ephemeral Love's pleasure is ephemeral; regret eternal.
By length
- 5 letters
- short1, brief1
- 6 letters
- flying2, mortal2
- 7 letters
- passing2
- 8 letters
- volatile3, temporal3, fugitive3, fleeting2, flitting2
- 9 letters
- temporary4, transient2, momentary4, ephemeral4, deciduous4, fugacious
- 10 letters
- perishable4, transitive, seasonable4
- 11 letters
- impermanent
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (flying2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- transitoire
- Español
- transitorio