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short-lived [shawrt-lahyvd, -livd]
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: ephemeral
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: momentary, passing
Synonyms: brief, episodic, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory, unenduring, volatile
Antonyms: enduring, eternal, everlasting, interminable, lasting, long, permanent, perpetual
Main Entry: evanescent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: transient
Synonyms: brief, disappearing, fading, fleeting, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, tenuous, vanishing
Main Entry: fleeting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: brief, transient
Synonyms: cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, flash in the pan, flitting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, meteoric, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, sudden, temporary, transitory, vanishing, volatile
Antonyms: constant, continual, endless, enduring, lasting, lengthy, long, long-lived, permanent, perpetual
Main Entry: fly-by-night
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unreliable and shady
Synonyms: brief, cowboy, disreputable, dubious, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, here-today-gone-tomorrow, impermanent, irresponsible, momentary, not to be relied upon, not to be trusted, passing, questionable, shady, shifty, short-lived, slimy*, slippery*, temporary, treacherous, trustless, undependable, unprofessional, unreliable, unsure, untrustworthy
Antonyms: dependable, reliable, reputable, responsible, trustworthy
Main Entry: fugitive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fleeing, transient
Synonyms: avoiding, brief, criminal, elusive, ephemeral, errant, erratic, escaping, evading, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, flying*, fugacious, hot*, impermanent, lamster, momentary, moving, on the lam, passing, planetary, running away, short*, short-lived, temporary, transitory, unstable, volatile, wandering, wanted
Antonyms: confronting, facing, permanent
Main Entry: little
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: small in size, amount
Synonyms: Lilliputian, babyish, bantam, brief, cramped, diminutive, dinky, elfin, embryonic, fleeting, hardly any, hasty, immature, imperceptible, inappreciable, inconsiderable, infant, infinitesimal, insufficient, junior, light, limited, meager, microscopic, mini, miniature, minute, not big, not large, peanut, petite, scant, short, short-lived, shrimpy, shriveled, skimpy, slight, snub, sparse, stubby, stunted, teeny, tiny, toy, truncated, undersized, undeveloped, wee, wizened, young
Antonyms: big, enormous, giant, great, huge, immense, large, massive
Main Entry: momentary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: brief, fleeting
Synonyms: cursory, dreamlike, ephemeral, evanescent, flashing, flitting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, gone in flash, hasty, impermanent, impulsive, in wink of an eye, instantaneous, like lightning, passing, quick, shifting, short, short-lived, spasmodic, summary, temporary, transient, transitory, vanishing, volatile
Notes: momentary means fleeting, brief; momentous means significant and having great consequence
Antonyms: lasting, long-lasting, permanent, staying
Main Entry: passing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: brief, casual
Synonyms: cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, glancing, hasty, impermanent, momentary, quick, shallow, short, short-lived, slight, superficial, temporary, transient, transitory
Antonyms: lasting, long-lasting, permanent
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