transient

Word Type

a.

transient Meaning Definition

Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure.

Synonyms for transient

able to adapt,adaptable,adjustable,adventurer,alpinist,alterable,alterative,arising,astronaut,board-and-roomer,boarder,brief,brittle,camper,capricious,changeable,checkered,circumforaneous,climber,comers and goers,coming,commuter,compact,compendious,concise,corruptible,cosmopolite,cruiser,curt,curtal,curtate,deciduous,decurtate,disappearing,discursive,dissolving,divagatory,drifting,dying,emanating,emanative,emanent,emergent,emerging,ephemeral,errant,evanescent,evaporating,ever-changing,excursionist,explorer,fading,fare,fickle,fleeting,flexible,flitting,floating,fluid,fly-by-night,flying,footloose,footloose and fancy-free,forthcoming,fragile,frail,fugacious,fugitive,gadding,globe-girdler,globe-trotter,goer,gypsy-like,gypsyish,hajji,impermanent,impetuous,impulsive,inconstant,instantaneous,insubstantial,issuing,jet set,jet-setter,journeyer,kaleidoscopic,landloping,lessee,little,lodger,low,malleable,many-sided,mariner,meandering,melting,metamorphic,migrational,migratory,mobile,modifiable,momentaneous,momentary,mortal,mountaineer,movable,mutable,nomad,nomadic,nondurable,nonpermanent,nonuniform,palmer,passenger,passer,passerby,passing,pathfinder,paying guest,perishable,permutable,pilgrim,pioneer,plastic,protean,proteiform,rambling,ranging,renter,resilient,roaming,roomer,roving,rubberneck,rubbernecker,rubbery,sailor,shifting,short,short and sweet,short-lived,short-term,sightseer,sojourner,straggling,straphanger,straying,strolling,subject to death,succinct,summary,supple,surfacing,synoptic,temporal,temporary,temporary lodger,tenant,tourer,tourist,trailblazer,trailbreaker,traipsing,transeunt,transient guest,transitive,transitory,transmigratory,traveler,trekker,tripper,underlessee,undurable,unenduring,unstable,vagabond,vagrant,vanishing,variable,viator,visiting fireman,volatile,voortrekker,voyager,voyageur,wandering,wayfarer,world-traveler

Synonym Search Links for transient

able to adaptadaptableadjustableadventureralpinistalterablealterativearisingastronautboard-and-roomerboarderbriefbrittlecampercapriciouschangeablecheckeredcircumforaneousclimbercomers and goerscomingcommutercompactcompendiousconcisecorruptiblecosmopolitecruisercurtcurtalcurtatedeciduousdecurtatedisappearingdiscursivedissolvingdivagatorydriftingdyingemanatingemanativeemanentemergentemergingephemeralerrantevanescentevaporatingever-changingexcursionistexplorerfadingfareficklefleetingflexibleflittingfloatingfluidfly-by-nightflyingfootloosefootloose and fancy-freeforthcomingfragilefrailfugaciousfugitivegaddingglobe-girdlerglobe-trottergoergypsy-likegypsyishhajjiimpermanentimpetuousimpulsiveinconstantinstantaneousinsubstantialissuingjet setjet-setterjourneyerkaleidoscopiclandlopinglesseelittlelodgerlowmalleablemany-sidedmarinermeanderingmeltingmetamorphicmigrationalmigratorymobilemodifiablemomentaneousmomentarymortalmountaineermovablemutablenomadnomadicnondurablenonpermanentnonuniformpalmerpassengerpasserpasserbypassingpathfinderpaying guestperishablepermutablepilgrimpioneerplasticproteanproteiformramblingrangingrenterresilientroamingroomerrovingrubberneckrubberneckerrubberysailorshiftingshortshort and sweetshort-livedshort-termsightseersojournerstragglingstraphangerstrayingstrollingsubject to deathsuccinctsummarysupplesurfacingsynoptictemporaltemporarytemporary lodgertenanttourertouristtrailblazertrailbreakertraipsingtranseunttransient guesttransitivetransitorytransmigratorytravelertrekkertripperunderlesseeundurableunenduringunstablevagabondvagrantvanishingvariableviatorvisiting firemanvolatilevoortrekkervoyagervoyageurwanderingwayfarerworld-traveler