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more transient

ADJECTIVE

temporary, brief

Synonyms

WEAK

changeable deciduous emigrating ephemeral evanescent flash fleeting flitting fly-by-night flying fugacious fugitive going by impermanent insubstantial migrating momentary moving passing provisional short short-lived short-term temporal transmigratory unstable vacating volatile

Antonyms

WEAK

enduring incessant lasting long-lasting neverending permanent persistent undying

ADJECTIVE

temporary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ephemeral fleeting short-term transitory

STRONG

brief flash fly-by-night flying fugitive passing short temporal volatile

WEAK

changeable deciduous emigrating evanescent flitting fugacious going by impermanent insubstantial migrating momentary moving provisional short-lived transmigratory unstable vacating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

enduring lasting lengthy long long-lived permanent perpetual

Example Sentences

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It also requires policymakers not to lose sight of the overall trend toward thinner and more transient snowpack, even after a few good years in a row.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Your cells have elaborate machinery to fix mistakes in DNA, which must last a long time to be inherited, whereas RNA is effervescent and plays a more transient role in cellular life.

From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2022

Outside the house, exposure might be more transient, or depending on where you live or what you’re doing, you might be masked up.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2021

Unlike most states, Hawaii’s correctional system houses both sentenced prisoners and people awaiting trial, a more transient population with lower vaccination levels.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2021

But she, dowered with virtue and goodness, as well as with more transient charms, trembled when she saw the effect of her attractions on her many lovers, and secluded herself as closely as possible.

From Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine by Spence, Lewis