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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fleeting |
| Synonyms: | brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fly by night, fugacious, impermanent, passing, temporal, temporary, transient |
| Notes: | transient means brief or fleeting and usually applies to people; transitory means the same thing but usually applies to events |
| Antonyms: | lasting, permanent, perpetual |
| Main Entry: | fugacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | transitory |
| Synonyms: | brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient |
| Main Entry: | imponderable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperceptible |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, inappreciable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, intangible, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, undetectable, unnoticeable, unobservable, vague |
| Main Entry: | inappreciable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperceptible |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, imponderable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, intangible, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, undetectable, unnoticeable, unobservable, vague |
| Main Entry: | pro tem |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, for the time being, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, interim, limited, make-do, makeshift, momentary, mortal, overnight, passing, perishable, pro tempore, provisional, provisory, shifting, short, short-lived, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, summary, supply, temp, transient, transitory, unfixed, unstable, volatile |
| Main Entry: | short-range |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, for the time being, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, interim, limited, make-do, makeshift, momentary, mortal, overnight, passing, perishable, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, provisory, shifting, short, short-lived, short-term, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, summary, supply, tactical, temp, transient, transitory, unfixed, unstable, volatile |
| Main Entry: | short-term |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, for the time being, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, interim, limited, make-do, makeshift, momentary, mortal, overnight, passing, perishable, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, provisory, shifting, short, short-lived, short-range, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, summary, supply, temp, transient, transitory, unfixed, unstable, volatile |
| Main Entry: | unnoticeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperceptible |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, imponderable, inappreciable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, intangible, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, undetectable, unobservable, vague |
| Main Entry: | unobservable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperceptible |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fine, gradual, impalpable, imponderable, inappreciable, inaudible, inconsiderable, inconspicuous, indiscernible, indistinct, indistinguishable, infinitesimal, insensible, insignificant, intangible, invisible, microscopic, minute, momentary, shadowy, slight, small, subtle, tiny, trivial, undetectable, unnoticeable, vague |
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