transientness

  • 41short-lived — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. transitory, impermanent, mortal, perishable, ephemeral, fugitive, evanescent; doomed. See transientness.Ant., longlived, permanent. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. brief, momentary, temporary; see… …

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  • 42short-term — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. brief, temporary. See transientness. Ant., long term. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Intended, used, or present for a limited time: impermanent, interim, provisional, short range, temporary.… …

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  • 43spurt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. gush, squirt, spray; burst. See water, haste, repulsion, ejection, transientness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A stream] Syn. squirt, jet, stream; see fountain 2 . 2. [An eruption] Syn. explosion,… …

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  • 44summary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. compendium, abridgment, abstract, brief, epitome, résumé, digest. adj. prompt, expeditious, speedy, fast, immediate; brief, concise, compact, condensed. See transientness, shortness, description,… …

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  • 45temporal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. worldly, mundane, secular; civil, political, profane, unsacred; temporary, ephemeral, impermanent. See transientness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Transitory] Syn. temporary, transient, ephemeral; see …

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  • 46temporary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impermanent, irregular, seasonal, provisional, momentary, brief, fleeting, transitory; stopgap, makeshift, ersatz. See transientness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. transitory, transient, fleeting,… …

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  • 47transitory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See transientness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Fleeting] Syn. brief, ephemeral, short; see fleeting . 2. [Temporary] Syn. impermanent, transient, changeable; see temporary . See Synonym Study at… …

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  • 48volatile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gaseous, vaporizable; fickle, changeable, mercurial; unstable, transient; light, giddy; lively; capricious; buoyant, airy. See vapor, changeableness, transientness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having …

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  • 49evanescence — n. 1. Evanishing, vanishing, evanishment, disappearance, being dissipated, gradual disappearance. 2. Transitoriness, transientness, speedy passage, short continuance, fleeting nature …

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  • 50evanescence — n fading away, vanishing, Poetic. evanishment, disappearance, occultation; evaporation, dissipation, disintegration, dissolving, melting; ephemerality, ephemeralness, fugacity, transcience, transientness, volatility, impermanence …

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