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" (219 found)
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Closest matches (44)
Strong matches (66)
divagatorydriftingdyingemanatingemanativeemanentemergentemergingerrantevanescentevaporatingever-changingexcursionistexplorerfadingfarefickleflexibleflightyflitting
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floatingfluidfly-by-nightflyingfootloosefootloose and fancy-freeforthcomingfragilefrailfugitivegaddingglobe trotterglobe-girdlerglobe-trottergoergypsy-likegypsyishhajjihomelessimpermanentimpetuousimpulsiveinconstantinstantaneousinsubstantialissuingitinerantjet setjet-setterjourneyerkaleidoscopiclandlopinglesseelittlelodger
Related words (109)
lowmalleablemany sidedmany-sidedmarinermeanderingmeltingmetamorphicmeteoricmigrationalmigratorymobilemodifiablemomentaneousmomentarymortalmountaineermovablemutablenomad
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nomadicnondurablenonpermanentnonuniformpalmerpassengerpasserpasserbypathfinderpaying guestperishablepermutablepilgrimpioneerplasticproteanproteiformramblingrangingrenterresilientroamingroomerrovingrubberneckrubberneckerrubberysailorshiftingshortshort and sweetshort livedshort-livedshort-termsightseersojournerstragglingstrangerstraphangerstrayingstrollingsubject to deathsuccinctsummarysupplesurfacingsynoptictemporaltemporary lodgertenanttourertouristtrailblazertrailbreakertraipsingtransient guesttransitivetransmigratorytravelertrekkertripperunderlesseeundurableunenduringunstablevagabondvagrantvanishingvariableviatorvisiting firemanvolatilevoortrekkervoyagervoyageurwanderingwayfarerworld-traveler
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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More general
4 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
12 entriesderived
13 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
146 translations across 28 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- اِبْنُ ساعَتِهِ adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- زَمَنِيّ adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- سَريع الزوال adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- مُؤَقَّت adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Bulgarian
4 entries- краткотраен adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- мимолетен adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- преходен adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- преходен adj (passing through; passing from one person to another)
Burmese
1 entries- ပျံကျ noun (traveller)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 瞬間 /瞬间 adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- 短暫的 /短暂的 adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- 流動人口 /流动人口 noun (traveller)
- 過客 /过客 noun (traveller)
Danish
4 entries- engangs adj (occasional; isolated; one-off; individual)
- flyktig adj (Decaying with time, especially exponentially)
- midlertidig adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- overgående adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Dutch
4 entries- eindig adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- kortstondig adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- transitorisch adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- vergankelijk adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Finnish
4 entries- hetkellinen adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- häipyvä adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- katoava adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- katoavainen adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
French
4 entries- bref adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- fugace adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- passager adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- provisoire adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Galician
1 entries- transitorio adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Georgian
4 entries- გადამავალი adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- დროებითი adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- დროებითი adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- დრომოკლე adj (remaining for only a brief time)
German
4 entries- Augenblicks adj (occasional; isolated; one-off; individual)
- Ausgleichs adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- Ausgleichs adj (passing through; passing from one person to another)
- Durchgangs adj (passing through; passing from one person to another)
Greek
4 entries- ενυπάρχων adj (operating beyond itself; having an external effect)
- εφήμερος adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- εφήμερος adj (Decaying with time, especially exponentially)
- παροδικός adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Hebrew
1 entries- חולף adj (mathematics: having positive probability of being left)
Hungarian
1 entries- átutazó noun (traveller)
Indonesian
1 entries- transien adj (remaining for only a brief time)
Irish
4 entries- duthain adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- duthain adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- díomuan adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- díomuan adj (remaining for only a brief time)
Italian
2 entries- transitorio adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- transiente noun (physics)
Japanese
4 entries- 一時的 adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- 一過性 adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- 儚い adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- 瞬間的 adj (remaining for only a brief time)
Māori
2 entries- rangitahi adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- tūao adj (remaining for only a brief time)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- transitorisk adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- transitorisk adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Occitan
2 entries- fugidís adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- transitòri adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Portuguese
1 entries- transitório adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Romanian
4 entries- efemer adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- tranzient adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- tranzitoriu adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- trecător adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Russian
4 entries- вре́менный adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- кратковре́менный adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- мимолётный adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- недолгове́чный adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
Spanish
3 entries- transitorio adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- transeúnte noun (traveller)
- trotamundo noun (traveller)
Swedish
4 entries- flyktig adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- flyktig adj (remaining for only a brief time)
- förgänglig adj (passing or disappearing with time; transitory)
- kortvarig adj (remaining for only a brief time)
Turkish
1 entries- geçici adj (remaining for only a brief time)
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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