Fleeting Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Fleeting

Happening quickly and with little or no warning.

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Fleeing or running away

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Remaining for only a brief time.

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The definition of ephemeral is something that has a very short lifespan or lasts for a very short time.

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Tending to pass away or fade from sight like mist or smoke; ephemeral

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Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky:

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Fast; quick; rapid.

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The definition of temporary is something which is not intended to last for a long time.

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Likely to occur at any moment

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Succinct; concise:

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Brief; hurried:

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Allowing one to pass a test, course of study, inspection, or examination; satisfactory:

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Of, relating to, or formed by a meteoroid.

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Hasty; superficial; careless

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The definition of short lived is something that was not meant to last a long time or that did not last a long time.

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ephemerous

(Archaic) ephemeral

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Without reality or substance; illusory

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The definition of transitory is something temporary or not permanent.

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Swift; rapid

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(Bot.) Falling soon after blooming, as some flowers

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Relating to or near the bones that form the sides and part of the base of the skull.

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(Biology) Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.

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Vague or indistinct; airy

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Delicate, light and airy.

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Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.

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Not permanent; not lasting; fleeting; temporary

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Existing at a particular instant

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That may perish; esp., liable to spoil or deteriorate, as some foods

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unenduring

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Not substantial

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Given to such ideas or talk

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Ephemeral; fleeting.

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diaphaneity

(Mineralogy) transparency

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(Countable) Something that is ephemeral.

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ethereality

The quality of being ethereal.

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fugacity

(Physics) A measure of the relative stability of different phases of a substance under the same conditions

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Want of permanence or continued duration.

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(Finance) A measure of the degree to which a security rises or falls in price over a period of time

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(Archaic) momentary

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Difficult to define or describe:

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Antonyms for Fleeting

Regularly recurring:

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lasting. See syn. study at transient.transient

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Lasting; continuing; durable:

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Long and overextended, especially in time rather than dimension

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Alternative form of long-lived.

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Continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring:

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The definition of permanent is someone or something that is supposed to last for a very long time.

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Of a specified linear extent or duration:

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Happening over and over again; repeated often; going on in rapid succession

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Being or seeming to be without an end or limit; boundless:

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Continuing or being so for an indefinitely long time:

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Words Related to Fleeting

A continuous, measurable quantity in which events occur in a sequence proceeding from the past through the present to the future.

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Lasting or existing only for a short time

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