impermanent (a)
temporary (a)

a01755627

type a
lex_filenum 00
def not permanent
def not lasting
examples politics is an impermanent factor of life James Thurber
impermanent palm cottages
a temperary arrangement
temporary housing
Outgoing links
Also see unstable
Attribute permanence, permanency
Derivationally related form temporary → temporariness
Derivationally related form impermanent → impermanency
Derivationally related form impermanent → impermanence
Antonym impermanent → permanent
Similar to acting(a); ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious; episodic; evanescent; fly-by-night; improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift; interim; pro tem, pro tempore; shipboard; temporal; terminable; working(a)
Incoming links
Antonym permanent → impermanent
Similar to acting(a); ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious; episodic; evanescent; fly-by-night; improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift; interim; pro tem, pro tempore; shipboard; temporal; terminable; working(a)
Also see unstable
Derived from adjective temporarily → temporary
Attribute permanence, permanency
Derivationally related form impermanency → impermanent
Derivationally related form impermanence → impermanent
Derivationally related form temporariness → temporary

Back to the index

Click for the XML entry