transience
nounDivide transience into syllables:
tran · sience
How to pronounce transience:
Definition of transience:
- transience (noun):
- a short duration
- the quality or state of being transient
- an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying.
Synonyms for transience:
brevity
briefness
ephemerality
ephemeralness
evanescence
fleetingness
fugaciousness
fugacity
fugitiveness
impermanence
impermanency
momentariness
shortness
temporariness
transiency
transitoriness
Antonyms for transience:
appearance
endurance
inveteracy
lengthiness
permanence
permanency
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