Momentary Synonyms and Antonyms

mōmən-tĕrē
Lasting or existing only for a short time
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fleeting
  2. ephemeral
  3. passing
  4. fugitive
  5. transient
  6. evanescent
  7. quick
  8. fugacious
  9. temporary
  10. transitory
  11. flying
  12. summary
  13. flitting
  14. flashing
  15. fleet
  16. brief
  17. impermanent
  18. shifting
  19. spasmodic
  20. vanishing
  21. cursory
  22. like lightning
  23. immediate
  24. like a summer shower
  25. short-lived
  26. bubblelike
  27. dreamlike
  28. instantaneous
  29. temporal
  30. gone in a flash
  31. in the bat of an eye
  32. in-the-wink-of-an-eye
  33. quicker than one can say Jack Robinson
  34. short
  35. momentaneous
Antonyms:
  1. lasting
  2. eternal
  3. continual
  4. permanent
  5. ceaseless. See syn. study at transient.transient
  6. staying
  7. ceaseless
  8. long-lasting
  9. lengthy
About to occur at any moment
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. imminent
  2. impending
  3. proximate

Words Related to Momentary

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Momentary Sentence Examples

  • There was a momentary vacillation even in Rome.

  • David Dean felt a momentary twinge of the here-we-go-agains that floated by on the wings of his wife's question.

  • In the momentary silence that ensued Dean heard an outside door slam.

  • There followed a momentary pause, which seemed very long to them all.

  • This incident caused a considerable sensation, and was the prelude to a long crisis in Hungarian affairs, during which the emperor-king, while quick to repair the unfortunate impression produced by his momentary pique, held inflexibly to his resolve in the matter of the common army.

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