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temporary, brief adj.
temporary adj.

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

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most transient

Since then, he has developed, in this most transient of audiences, a fan base.

From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2014

Football is the most transient of all sports, and players will adjust.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2011

The press, with its infinite variety of content and expression, represents what is most transient, particular, and accidental in human opinion.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

Again the most transient of tiny little clouds.

From Jaffery by William John Locke

I will not say it is the most valuable thing there is, and it is likely to be about the most transient.

From Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm by Thomas Fogarty