Thesaurus:ephemeral

Thesaurus

ephemeral

English

Adjective

Sense: lasting for a short period of time

Synonyms

• ephemeral
• brief
• deciduous
• evanescent
• fleeting
• flying
• fugacious
• fugitive
• instant
• momentary
• passing
• perishable
• quick
• seasonable (obsolete)
• short    [⇒ thesaurus]
• short-lived
• temporary
• transient
• transitive
• transitory
• volatile
• whilend (obsolete)

Antonyms

• eternal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• lasting    [⇒ thesaurus]
• perennial
• persistent

Hyponyms

• provisional

Various

• intermittent
• unstable

See also

• speedy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• moment    [⇒ thesaurus]
• temporarily    [⇒ thesaurus]
• transience    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “111. transientness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “ephemeral” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.