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deciduous
[dih-sij-oo-uhs] 
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short-lived
[shawrt-lahyvd, -livd]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not around for long |
| Synonyms: | brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fly-by-night, fugacious, fugitive, gone in a heartbeat, impermanent, momentary, of short duration, over in a heartbeat, passing, quick, short, short-haul, short-run, short-term, temporary, transient, transitory |
| Antonyms: | enduring, ethereal, lasting, lengthy, long-lived, permanent |
| Main Entry: | transient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
| Synonyms: | brief, changeable, deciduous, emigrating, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, fugacious, fugitive, going by, impermanent, insubstantial, migrating, momentary, moving, passing, provisional, short, short-lived, short-term, temporal, transitory, transmigratory, unstable, vacating, volatile |
| Notes: | transient means brief or fleeting and usually applies to people; transitory means the same thing but usually applies to events |
| Antonyms: | enduring, lasting, permanent |
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| Main Entry: | transient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
transient, ad interim, brief, brisk, cursory, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, extemporaneous, fleeting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, mortal, passing, perishable, picaresque, precarious, pressed for time, preterient, provisional, provisory, quick, shifting, short-lived, slippery, spasmodic, sudden, summary, temporal, temporary, transitive, transitory
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