All deciduous synonyms
de·cid·u·ous
D d adj deciduous
- fleeting — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- transitory — not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- short-term — covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- fly-by-night — not reliable or responsible, especially in business; untrustworthy: a fly-by-night operation.
- fugitive — a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
- impermanent — not permanent or enduring; transitory.
- passing — going by or past; elapsing: He was feeling better with each passing day.
- quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- short — having little length; not long.
- transient — not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
- fugacious — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- short-haul — of, relating to, or engaged in transportation over short distances: a short-haul trucking firm.
- short-run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- changeable — Someone or something that is changeable is likely to change many times.
- flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- flitting — to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- flying — making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.
- insubstantial — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
- moving — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- provisional — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- temporal — of, relating to, or situated near the temple or a temporal bone.
- unstable — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- volatile — evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- transmigrate — to move or pass from one place to another.
- vacating — to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.