Though his stay in Europe was transient, Spenser felt he had learned much more about interactions with other people from traveling than he did at college.
Source: tatoeba (1946)
Transient
/ˈtɹan.zi.ənt/
Synonyms for "transient" (265 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (53)
able to adaptadaptableadjustableadventureralpinistalterablealterativearisingastronautboard-and-roomerboarderbriefbrittlecampercapriciouschangeablecheckeredcircumforaneousclimbercomers and goers
Adjective(5 words)
Strong matches (80)
emergentemergingephemeralerrantevanescentevaporatingever-changingexcursionistexplorerfadingfareficklefleetingflexibleflittingfloatingfluidfly-by-nightflyingfootloose
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footloose and fancy-freeforthcomingfragilefrailfugaciousfugitivegaddingglobe trotterglobe-girdlerglobe-trottergoergypsy-likegypsyishhajjiimpermanentimpetuousimpulsiveinconstantinstantaneousinsubstantialissuingjet setjet-setterjourneyerkaleidoscopiclandlopinglesseelittlelodgerlowmalleablemany sidedmany-sidedmarinermeanderingmeltingmetamorphicmeteoricmigrationalmigratorymobilemodifiable
Adjective(7 words)
Related words (132)
momentaneousmomentarymortalmountaineermovablemutablenomadnomadicnondurablenonpermanentnonuniformpalmerpassengerpasserpasserbypassingpathfinderpaying guestperishablepermutable
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pilgrimpioneerplasticproteanproteiformramblingrangingrenterresilientroamingroomerrovingrubberneckrubberneckerrubberysailorshiftingshortshort and sweetshort livedshort-livedshort-termsightseersojournerstragglingstrangerstraphangerstrayingstrollingsubject to deathsuccinctsummarysupplesurfacingsynoptictemporaltemporarytemporary lodgertenanttourertouristtrailblazertrailbreakertraipsingtranseunttransient guesttransitivetransitorytransmigratorytravelertrekkertripperunderlesseeundurableunenduringunstablevagabondvagrantvanishingvariableviatorvisiting firemanvolatilevoortrekkervoyagervoyageurwanderingwayfarerworld-traveler
Noun(22 words)
momentarymomentary changenomadnonresidentpassing travelershort livedshort stayshort term capacity constraintsshort-livedshort-termshort-term fluctuationshort-term visitorskreaksojourningsurgingtemptemporary effecttemporary residentvisitantvisiting
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visiting guestvisitor
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(17 words)
passingshort durationshort endurance periodsshort lifeshort momentshort termshort thrustshort-livedsituational helplessnesstemporary associationtemporary changetemporary lonelinesstemporary methodtemporary permittranseunttransitorytrendy
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
11 entriesMore specific
15 entriesbrief spellitinerant workermigrant familymomentary interruptionseasonal guestseasonal workershort term visitorshort-lived eventshort-term visitortemporary guesttemporary residenttransient glitchtransient rippletransient spikevisiting student
Collocations
10 entriestransient delaytransient effecttransient energytransient guesttransient housingtransient phasetransient populationtransient signaltransient statetransient weather
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
4 translations across 4 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- преход noun (something transient)
Danish
1 entries- overgang noun (something transient)
German
1 entries- Übergang noun (something transient)
Japanese
1 entries- 一時的なもの noun (something transient)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The life of a person is a transient thing.
Source: tatoeba (269976)
My mother's bad mood is transient.
Source: tatoeba (1415616)
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Source: tatoeba (1479294)
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