transientadjective
uk/ˈtræn.zi.ənt/us/ˈtræn.zi.ʃənt/formallasting for only a short time; temporary:
A glass of whisky has only a transient warming effect.
The city has a large transient population (= many people who are living in it only temporarily).
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Temporary
- a flash in the pan idiom
- acting
- be a nine days' wonder idiom
- casual
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- flash
- here
- here today, gone tomorrow idiom
- impermanent
- interim
- makeshift
- nine
- pop up
- provisional
- scratch
- short-lived
- short-term
- sticking plaster
- stopgap
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Short in time
transientnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtræn.zi.ənt/us/ˈtræn.zi.ʃənt/mainly US formalsomeone who lives only temporarily in a place:
It's an organization set up to provide money and help for transients.
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People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- brain drain
- bum
- city slicker
- cohabitant
- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- occupier
- outflow
- overspill
- resident
- roomer
- settler
- squatter
- welcome wagon
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transience
noun [ U ] uk/ˈtræn.zi.əns/us/ˈtræn.zi.əns/formal
the transience of human existence/fame