Short-lived Synonyms and Antonyms

shôrtlīvd, -lĭvd
Lasting or existing only for a short time
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fleeting
  2. ephemeral
  3. momentary
  4. brief
  5. passing
  6. evanescent
  7. temporary
  8. fugacious
  9. transient
  10. transitory
  11. fugitive
  12. fleet
  13. deciduous
  14. fly-by-night
  15. temporal
  16. gone in a heartbeat
  17. mushroom
  18. of short duration
  19. over in a heartbeat
  20. quick
  21. unenduring
  22. volatile
Antonyms:
  1. long-lived
  2. lengthy
  3. permanent
  4. ethereal
  5. enduring
  6. lasting

Words Related to Short-lived

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.

Related:

  1. continue
  2. short
  3. time
  4. on-the-wane
  5. shortlived
  6. fraught with danger

Short-lived Sentence Examples

  • But his distress was short-lived, and he talked a number of lodgers into a late afternoon dip at the pool.

  • Dean's victory was short lived.

  • In 1717, however, Cardinal Alberoni retook Cagliari for Spain; but this state of things was short-lived, for in 1720, by the treaty of London, Sardinia passed in exchange for Sicily to the dukes of Savoy, to whom it brought the royal title.

  • But his success was short-lived, for in 1029 the Norwegian nobles, seething with discontent, rallied round the invading Knut the Great, and Olaf had to flee to Russia.

  • These German popes were short-lived and inefficient.

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