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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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West Hollywood’s residents are more transient and household incomes and housing values aren’t far off from L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

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

Under the best of circumstances, renters are among the hardest people to count because they tend to be more transient and are more likely to live below the poverty line.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2021

Then that became inaudible and the boniface who had stood for a brief space in the doorway, empty tankard in hand, re-entered the house satisfied that no more transient patronage would be forthcoming at present.

From The Strollers by Fisher, Harrison