ephemeral (s)
passing (s)
short-lived (s)
transient (s)
transitory (s)
fugacious (s)

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type s
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def lasting a very short time
examples the ephemeral joys of childhood
a passing fancy
youth's transient beauty
love is transitory but it is eternal
fugacious blossoms
Outgoing links
Similar to impermanent, temporary
Derivationally related form fugacious → fugaciousness
Derivationally related form fugacious → fugacity
Derivationally related form transitory → transitoriness
Derivationally related form transient → transient; transient → transient
Derivationally related form transient → transiency
Derivationally related form transient → transience
Derivationally related form ephemeral → ephemera; ephemeral → ephemerality
Derivationally related form ephemeral → ephemeralness
Incoming links
Similar to impermanent, temporary
Derived from adjective transiently → transient
Derived from adjective transitorily → transitory
Derivationally related form transience → transient
Derivationally related form transitoriness → transitory
Derivationally related form transiency → transient
Derivationally related form fugaciousness → fugacious
Derivationally related form fugacity → fugacious
Derivationally related form ephemeralness → ephemeral
Derivationally related form ephemerality → ephemeral; ephemera → ephemeral
Derivationally related form transient → transient; transient → transient

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