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Synonyms for transient
ˈtræn ʃənt, -ʒənt, -zi ənttran·sient

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Wiktionary3.0 / 2 votes

  1. transientnoun

    Synonyms:
    homeless, traveller, itinerant, migrant, temporary, flighty, transitory, passing, ephemeral, fugacious, brief, fleeting

    Antonyms:
    recurrent, permanent, immanent

  2. transientnoun

    Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

    Synonyms:
    migrant, traveller, itinerant, homeless, temporary, ephemeral, fleeting, brief, passing, flighty, fugacious, transitory

    Antonyms:
    recurrent, permanent, immanent

  3. transientnoun

    Remaining for only a brief time.

    Synonyms:
    traveller, homeless, itinerant, migrant, transitory, passing, ephemeral, fugacious, brief, flighty, temporary, fleeting

    Antonyms:
    immanent, permanent, recurrent

  4. transientnoun

    Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

    Synonyms:
    homeless, traveller, itinerant, migrant, passing, transitory, flighty, fugacious, ephemeral, temporary, fleeting, brief

    Antonyms:
    immanent, recurrent, permanent

  5. transientnoun

    having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.

    Synonyms:
    homeless, itinerant, migrant, traveller, fleeting, brief, passing, fugacious, flighty, ephemeral, temporary, transitory

    Antonyms:
    recurrent, permanent, immanent

  6. transientadjective

    Occasional; isolated; one-off; individual.

    Synonyms:
    migrant, itinerant, homeless, traveller, passing, temporary, transitory, fugacious, flighty, brief, ephemeral, fleeting

    Antonyms:
    immanent, permanent, recurrent

  7. transientadjective

    Passing through; passing from one person to another.

    Synonyms:
    brief, ephemeral, temporary, passing, flighty, transitory, fugacious, fleeting

    Antonyms:
    permanent, immanent, recurrent

  8. transientadjective

    Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

    Synonyms:
    temporary, flighty, brief, transitory, fleeting, passing, ephemeral, fugacious

    Antonyms:
    recurrent, permanent, immanent

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. transient

    Transient and transitory are both derived from the same original source (Latin trans, over, and eo, go), denoting that which quickly passes or is passing away, but there is between them a fine shade of difference. A thing is transient which in fact is not lasting; a thing is transitory which by its very nature must soon pass away; a thing is temporary (Latin tempus, time) which is intended to last or be made use of but a little while; as, a transient joy; this transitory life; a temporary chairman. Ephemeral (Greek epi, on, and hemera, day) literally lasting but for a day, often marks more strongly than transient exceeding brevity of duration; it agrees with transitory in denoting that its object is destined to pass away, but is stronger, as denoting not only its certain but its speedy extinction; thus that which is ephemeral is looked upon as at once slight and perishable, and the word carries often a suggestion of contempt; man's life is transitory, a butterfly's existence is ephemeral; with no solid qualities or worthy achievements a pretender may sometimes gain an ephemeral popularity. That which is fleeting is viewed as in the act of passing swiftly by, and that which is fugitive (Latin fugio, flee) as eluding attempts to detain it; that which is evanescent (Latin evanesco, from e, out, and vanus, empty, vain) as in the act of vanishing even while we gaze, as the hues of the sunset.

    Synonyms:
    brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, flying, fugitive, momentary, passing, short, temporary, transitory

    Antonyms:
    abiding, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, permanent, perpetual, persistent, undying, unfading

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. transient

    Synonyms:
    fleeting, fugitive, transitory, temporary, passing, evanescent, ephemeral, momentary, brief

    Antonyms:
    abiding, permanent, perpetual, persistent, lasting, enduring

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. transientnoun

    one who stays for only a short time

    "transient laborers"

    Antonyms:
    lasting, permanent

  2. transientadjective

    (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

    Antonyms:
    permanent, lasting

  3. transeunt, transientadjective

    of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

    Synonyms:
    passing, ephemeral, fugacious, transitory, short-lived, transeunt

    Antonyms:
    lasting, permanent

  4. ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugaciousadjective

    lasting a very short time

    "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

    Synonyms:
    passing, short-lived, passing(a), ephemeral, pass(a), transeunt, cursory, transitory, perfunctory, fugacious, casual

    Antonyms:
    permanent, lasting

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. transientadjective

    Synonyms:
    TRANSITORY

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. transientadjective

    Synonyms:
    fleeting, transitory, temporary, impermanent

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "transient":

    Transient, Carl Martin, Transisent

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How to use transient in a sentence?

  1. John McCarthy:

    No community standing alone … can solve the issue by themselves, the gangs are too large, they’re too transient and they do, in fact, move from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

  2. Constantin Stanislavski:

    Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the creative secrets.

  3. Agnes Repplier:

    A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.

  4. Albert Watkins:

    Mr. Chansley is diagnosed with mental health vulnerabilities, including transient schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression exacerbated by socio stressors.

  5. Professor Deborah Fuller:

    In our paper, we replicated experimentally in monkeys a situation that [was] similar to the 2009 influenza pandemic, where a new strain of influenza unexpectedly emerged and current vaccines offered little or no protection, we vaccinated the monkeys with the same antigens included in the inactivated vaccine that year, but then also added, via our DNA vaccine, the genetic code for conserved influenza antigens. When we challenged the monkeys with the 2009 pandemic strain of influenza, we saw significant protection in the group that got the vaccine. They experienced only a transient low infection that was quickly cleared, when compared to the group that didn’t get the vaccine.


Translations for transient

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  • عابرArabic
  • vergänglich, kurzlebig, transientGerman
  • παροδική, παροδικόςGreek
  • transeunte, trotamundo, transitorioSpanish
  • گذراPersian
  • ohimenevä, lyhytaikainen, katoavainen, katoava, häipyvä, hetkellinenFinnish
  • bref, clochard, sans-abri, temporaire, provisoire, fugace, transitoire, éphémère, clodo, itinérant, SDF, passagerFrench
  • חולףHebrew
  • transitorioItalian
  • ホームレス, 瞬間的, 一時的なもの, 儚い, 過渡現象, 一時的, 過渡, 渡り労働者, 精神の外部Japanese
  • tūao, rangitahiMāori
  • eindig, vergankelijkDutch
  • transitórioPortuguese
  • tranzitoriu, efemer, trecător, tranzientRomanian
  • мимолётный, транзиторный, преходящий, случайный, отдельный, недолговечный, временный, скоротечный, кратковременныйRussian
  • kortvarig, övergående, förgänglig, flyktigSwedish
  • நிலையற்றTamil
  • 短暫的Chinese

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