All fleeting synonyms
fleet·ing
F f adj fleeting
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- transitory — not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.
- sudden — happening, coming, made, or done quickly, without warning, or unexpectedly: a sudden attack.
- cursory — A cursory glance or examination is a brief one in which you do not pay much attention to detail.
- fading — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- passing — going by or past; elapsing: He was feeling better with each passing day.
- flying — making flight or passing through the air; that flies: a flying insect; an unidentified flying object.
- flitting — to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- short — having little length; not long.
- flash in the pan — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- 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.
- meteoric — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- volatile — evaporating rapidly; passing off readily in the form of vapor: Acetone is a volatile solvent.
- fugacious — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
adjective fleeting
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- ephemeral — An ephemeral plant.
- evanescent — Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
- transient — not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.