Transience: alternatives and connections

The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Alt. of Impermanency

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

lack of permanence.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Fugacity.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

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

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

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

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

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

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The quality of being brief; brevity; conciseness in discourse or writing.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The quality of being transient; transientness.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.