All momentary synonyms
mo·men·tar·y
M m adj momentary
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- transitory — not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.
- cursory — A cursory glance or examination is a brief one in which you do not pay much attention to detail.
- 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.
- fugitive — a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
- hasty — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- impermanent — not permanent or enduring; transitory.
- impulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- instantaneous — occurring, done, or completed in an instant: an instantaneous response.
- 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.
- spasmodic — pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms.
- summary — a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
- transient — not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
- 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.
- dreamlike — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
adjective momentary
- fleeting — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- ephemeral — An ephemeral plant.
- evanescent — Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.