transientness

  • 31fleeting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. transient, transitory (see transientness). II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. transient, transitory, brief, ephemeral, evanescent, short, flitting, flying, fugitive, passing, swift, meteoric, sudden,… …

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  • 32flit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. fly, dart, take wing. See departure, motion, travel, transientness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. flutter, flash, dart; see dance 2 , fly 1 , race 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) …

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  • 33fugitive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. runaway, fleeing; transient, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting; transitory. n. runaway, eloper, absconder; refugee, escapee. See avoidance, escape, transientness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. outlaw,… …

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  • 34instantaneity — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Immediate occurrence Nouns 1. instantaneity, instantaneousness, immediacy, precipitancy (see rashness); suddenness, abruptness; moment, minute, second, instant, split second, nanosecond; twinkling, trice,… …

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  • 35mortal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. human, ephemeral; fatal, deadly; dire; implacable. See humanity, transientness, killing. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Causing death] Syn. malignant, fatal, lethal; see deadly , poisonous . 2. [Subject …

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  • 36passing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cursory; fleeting. See transientness, disappearance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In the act of going past] Syn. departing, crossing, going by, gliding by, flashing by, speeding by, going in opposite… …

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  • 37perishable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impermanent, destructible; temporal, mortal; unenduring. See transientness. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. liable to spoil, liable to rot, shortlived. ANT.: nonperishable, inorganic …

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  • 38perpetuity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Endless duration Nouns perpetuity; everlastingness, unceasingness, etc.; eternity, infinity, aye, timewithout end, sempiternity; deathlessness, immortality, athanasia; incessance, continuity, durability …

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  • 39precarious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dangerous, risky; critical; doubtful, uncertain, unsafe, insecure, unstable. See transientness, danger. Ant., safe. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. doubtful, uncertain, dubious; see dangerous 1 . III… …

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  • 40pro tempore — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lat., for the time being. See transientness …

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