Transient: alternatives and connections

Not permanent.

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Not permanent.

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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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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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The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and forward, like a pendulum; vibration.

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One who travels; one who has traveled much.

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The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical strin…

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

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

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

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

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

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.