figurative. That slides or slips away; transitory; unstable, inconstant; passing.

(a) moving, advancing; (b) erring; (c) fleeting, transitory.

(a) adj. that goes away, passing, transitory; (b) adv. away from here, hence.

Done or finished within a short time; passing quickly, of short continuance, that is soon over, brief. Chiefly poetic.

Short-lived.

Of time, or things bound or measured by time: that passes away or elapses; that is in the process of passing away; transient, fleeting; ephemeral.

Fleeting, transitory; evanescent, unsubstantial. Obsolete.

Resembling or of the nature of a shadow. Unsubstantial, impalpable; transitory, fleeting; unreal, imaginary.

Lasting or existing only for a time; passing, temporary. Now rare or merged in A. 2.

Of time: Passing quickly; short, brief. Obsolete.

Not lasting; temporary; brief, fleeting; = transient, adj. 1a.

Liable to destruction; perishable, mortal. Chiefly literary. Obsolete.

(un-, prefix1 affix 4.)

Of immaterial things, sometimes with conscious metaphor: Subject to casualties, liable to be suddenly shattered, transient.

Not durable; not enduring or lasting.

Sliding, slipping; fleeting, transitory. Cf. scrithing adj. (c) at scrithe, v. derivatives.

Fleeting, transitory, perishable, corruptible.

Esp. of the mortal world or human existence: not lasting; temporary; brief, fleeting; = transitory, adj.

Ephemeral, transitory, brief. Obsolete.

That perishes (in various senses); that undergoes decay, destruction, dissolution, or death; decaying, dying; transient, passing out of existence…

= caduke, adj., caducous, adj.

Of immaterial things: Evanescent, fleeting, of short duration.

Perishable, corruptible; = caduke, adj. 2.

Of an action, event, process, etc.: that is done or happens with speed or with little or no delay; esp. that lasts or takes a short time; that is…

Capable of being erased, deleted, or effaced. Frequently figurative. Often contrasted with indelible.

flitting about, fluttering; trembling; †shifting, unstable, fleeting.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1b.)

transferred and figurative. Unsubstantial, fleeting; figurative, mystical.

Existing for a brief period; not permanent or enduring; transitory, passing, fading.

Fading, passing away, fleeting, transitory.

Fleeting, transitory, fugitive.

That is diminishing or becoming weak; fading, vanishing.

Passing from one state to another; changeable; not lasting, transient.

That slips, in senses of the intransitive verb; also figurative, transient, passing quickly.

Lasting for one day; ephemeral.

Not lasting; impermanent; transient.

that lasts for little or no time, transient.

Fleeting, shifting; light, airy, unsubstantial.

That passes by with the speed of a courier.

Fleeting, transitory. Obsolete.

transferred. Lasting only a short time, brief, ephemeral.

figurative.

Not lasting; temporary; brief, fleeting; = transitory, adj. 1.

Impermanent; non-permanent; transitory, fleeting.

Giving off flashes, shining by flashes; glittering, sparkling, brilliant. literal and figurative. Also, lasting only for a flash, transitory…

of a day: lasting only for one day; short-lived, ephemeral; transitory, fleeting.

Passing, transient, ephemeral. Obsolete. rare.

Not lasting, unenduring, transient.

Of time: pressing; passing quickly. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. As if made of wax. ? As if written on wax; soon effaced.

Capable of, or liable to, decay; perishable.

Lasting only for an hour, or for a short time; applied to fruits that will not keep. Obsolete.

Vanishing away; of short duration; evanescent, fleeting, transient.

= fugitive, adj.

Lasting a short time. Obsolete.

Apt to flee away or flit. Of immaterial things: Tending to disappear, of short duration; evanescent, fleeting, transient, fugitive.

In more extended application: That is in existence, power, favour, popularity, etc. for a short time only; short-lived; transitory.

Not permanent or lasting; transient, fleeting; temporary.

Resembling or characteristic of a mushroom in speed of growth or brief duration of existence; ephemeral, insubstantial. Cf. mushroom, adj. 1. Obsolete…

Evanescent, transient; readily vanishing or disappearing; difficult to seize, retain, or fix permanently.

Having the nature of, or resembling, an ephemeron; transitory.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Of, relating to, existing in, or subject to time, esp. as opposed to eternity; of finite duration; temporal; (also) time-consuming.

temporary or temporal.

The action of going or moving onward, across, or past; movement from one place or point to another, or over or through a space or medium; transit.

Of or belonging to one day, restricted to the day; ephemeral. rare.

attributive.

That moves on; passing, transient.

That quickly vanishes or passes away; having no permanence. Said of appearances, conditions, impressions, etc.

Of the nature of or resembling a meteor (in various senses); of or relating to atmospheric or meteorological phenomena; meteoric.

figurative (chiefly poetic and literary). Designating something which perishes or disappears, esp. after having served its purpose; fleeting…

Passing or going by; transient.

figurative. Flashing or dazzling like a meteor, transiently or irregularly brilliant; rapid, swift; appearing suddenly.

Of short duration, passing rapidly, transient. rare.

= ephemeral, adj.

= ephemeral, adj.

That passes quickly away.

Evanescent, shifting, passing away; not durable or lasting. poetic.

(un-, prefix1 affix 4.)

Not remaining.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2a(c).)

Not persistent (in various senses); esp. not enduring.

? nonce-use. = Fleeting.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Fleeting, transitory; = caduke, adj. 2.

Lasting for a day only; ephemeral. rare.

= horary, adj. 3.

In allied senses, chiefly unfavourable. (With senses A. 2c, A. 2d, cf. French brusque.) Quickly passing, brief.

Elusive, evanescent.

Of a lifestyle, etc.: wandering, drifting; transitory, impermanent.