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Similar meaning 8

Careless 84% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

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Careless 84% connected

Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

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Impermanent 84% connected

Not permanent.

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Impermanent 84% connected

Not permanent.

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Satisfactory 84% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

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Satisfactory 84% connected

Giving or producing satisfaction; yielding content; especially, relieving the mind from doubt or uncertainty, and enabling it to rest with confidence…

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Temporary 84% connected

Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

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Temporary 84% connected

Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

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Narrower term 2

Aerial 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regi…

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Lateral 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the sides; as, the lateral walls of a house; the lateral branches of a tree.

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Broader term 10

Death 76% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

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Decease 76% connected

Departure, especially departure from this life; death.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Expiry 76% connected

Expiration.

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Last 76% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Motion 76% connected

The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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Movement 76% connected

The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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Reaction 76% connected

Any action in resisting other action or force; counter tendency; movement in a contrary direction; reverse action.

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Response 76% connected

The act of responding.

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Success 76% connected

Act of succeeding; succession.

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Derivationally related 16

Depart 74% connected

To part; to divide; to separate.

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Depart 74% connected

To part; to divide; to separate.

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Fleet 74% connected

To sail; to float.

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Fleet 74% connected

To sail; to float.

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Fugacity 74% connected

The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits.

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Fugacity 74% connected

The quality of being fugacious; fugaclousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits.

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Go 74% connected

Gone.

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Go 74% connected

Gone.

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Overhaul 74% connected

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

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Overhaul 74% connected

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

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Overtake 74% connected

To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

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Overtake 74% connected

To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

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Pass 74% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Pass 74% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Synonym 19

Casual 92% connected

Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.

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Cursory 92% connected

Running about; not stationary.

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Departure 92% connected

Division; separation; putting away.

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Ephemeral 92% connected

Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; diurnal; as, an ephemeral flower.

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Exit 92% connected

He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

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Expiration 92% connected

The act of expiring

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Fugacious 92% connected

Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a short time; volatile.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Going 92% connected

of Go

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Loss 92% connected

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

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Overtaking 92% connected

of Overtake

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Pass 92% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Passage 92% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Perfunctory 92% connected

Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indiffer…

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Qualifying 92% connected

of Qualify

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Short-lived 92% connected

Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.

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Superficial 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficia…

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Transient 92% connected

Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duratio…

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Transitory 92% connected

Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.

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