What are the opposite words for permanent?
Permanent is a word that describes something that is consistent and unchanging. There are many antonyms for permanent, which means they refer to something that is temporary or fleeting. Some of the antonyms for permanent include transient, temporary, impermanent, fleeting, and mutable. These words describe concepts and objects that are not meant to last forever, such as a temporary job or a fleeting thought. Antonyms to permanent offer a way to describe a temporary state of affairs that is intended to change over time or disappear, so they are an important part of our vocabulary. Whether we want to talk about something that is meant to be temporary or something that will last forever, it's important to have a wide range of words to choose from.
- expedient
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substitute
- changeling,
- locum,
- locum tenens,
- succedaneum,
- supplanter,
- Temps,
- Succedanea,
- temporaries,
- procurators,
- changelings,
- de legate,
- de legates,
- de-legate,
- de-legates,
- dernier ressort,
- dernier ressorts,
- fillin,
- locum tenentes,
- locums,
- pinch-hitter,
- pinchhitter,
- pinchhitters,
- pro curator,
- pro curators,
- pro-curator,
- pro-curators,
- re lay,
- re lays,
- re-lay,
- re-lays,
- standin,
- supplanters,
- under studies,
- under study,
- under-studies,
- under-study,
- vicarial,
- Substitutive,
- dummier,
- dummiest,
- more another,
- more backup,
- more imitation,
- more replacement,
- more reserve,
- more substitutive,
- more vicarial,
- most another,
- most imitation,
- most replacement,
- most reserve,
- most substitutive,
- most vicarial,
- proxier,
- proxiest,
- re presentative,
- re-presentative.
- measure
- refuge
- resource
- alternative
-
excuse
- cleanup,
- copout,
- jive,
- cleanups,
- coverup,
- cover story,
- co pout,
- co pouts,
- co-pout,
- co-pouts,
- cop outs,
- cop-out,
- cop-outs,
- copouts,
- cover stories,
- de fenses,
- de-fenses,
- dis guise,
- dis guises,
- dis-guise,
- dis-guises,
- jives,
- pre text,
- pre texts,
- pre-text,
- pre-texts,
- song dance,
- why and wherefores,
- why wherefore,
- why wherefores.
- recourse
- stopgap
- surrogate
-
makeshift
- Pis Aller,
- replacement,
- pis allers,
- re placement,
- re placements,
- re-placement,
- re-placements,
- band aid,
- make do,
- throwaway,
- quick and dirty,
- bandaid,
- make-do,
- makedo,
- more band aid,
- more band-aid,
- more bandaid,
- more make do,
- more make-do,
- more makedo,
- more throwaway,
- most band aid,
- most band-aid,
- most bandaid,
- most make do,
- most make-do,
- most makedo,
- most throwaway.
- resort
- resourcefulness
- reason, explanation
- preventive or institutive action
- place to hide, have privacy
- alternative, recourse
- supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial
- trick, stratagem
- someone or something that takes the place of another
- person or thing that acts as
- acting
- active
-
moving
- inspirational,
- mind-bending,
- stimulative,
- unfixed,
- Unsteadfast,
- farout,
- felt gut,
- felt in gut,
- grabbed by,
- in spiring,
- in-spiring,
- mind blowing,
- mindbending,
- mindblowing,
- more advancing,
- more arousing,
- more awakening,
- more climbing,
- more evolving,
- more impelling,
- more inspirational,
- more mind bending,
- more mind-bending,
- more mindbending,
- more motivating,
- more progressing,
- more propelling,
- more rallying,
- more something,
- more stimulative,
- more traversing,
- more unfixed,
- more unsteadfast,
- most advancing,
- most arousing,
- most awakening,
- most climbing,
- most evolving,
- most impelling,
- most mind bending,
- most mind-bending,
- most mindbending,
- most motivating,
- most progressing,
- most propelling,
- most rallying,
- most something,
- most stimulative,
- most traversing,
- most unfixed,
- most unsteadfast,
- turned by,
- turned on by,
- un fixed,
- un steadfast,
- un-fixed,
- un-steadfast.
-
changed
- re-formed,
- traded,
- Metamorphosed,
- rescheduled,
- reprogrammed,
- commutated,
- done over,
- inter changed,
- more adjusted,
- more amended,
- more commutated,
- more edited,
- more interchanged,
- more metamorphosed,
- more modernized,
- more mutated,
- more reciprocated,
- more reconditioned,
- more recreated,
- more redone,
- more reorganized,
- more reprogrammed,
- more rotated,
- more shifted,
- more shuffled,
- more substituted,
- more swapped,
- more transfigured,
- more transmuted,
- more transposed,
- most adjusted,
- most alternated,
- most amended,
- most bartered,
- most commutated,
- most interchanged,
- most metamorphosed,
- most mutated,
- most reciprocated,
- most reconditioned,
- most recreated,
- most redone,
- most reorganized,
- most reprogrammed,
- most rescheduled,
- most shifted,
- most shuffled,
- most substituted,
- most swapped,
- most switched,
- most traded,
- most transfigured,
- most transmuted,
- most transposed,
- re conditioned,
- re done,
- re formed,
- re made,
- re modeled,
- re organized,
- re placed,
- re programmed,
- re scheduled,
- re stored,
- re vised,
- re-conditioned,
- re-done,
- re-made,
- re-modeled,
- re-organized,
- re-placed,
- re-programmed,
- re-scheduled,
- re-stored,
- re-turned,
- re-versed,
- re-vised,
- trans figured,
- trans muted,
- trans posed,
- trans-figured,
- trans-muted.
-
dying
- in extremis,
- at death's door,
- at death door,
- at deaths door,
- at end of rope,
- at end rope,
- dis integrating,
- dis-integrating,
- giving ghost,
- giving up ghost,
- giving up the ghost,
- more declining,
- more disintegrating,
- more ebbing,
- more perishing,
- most declining,
- most disintegrating,
- most ebbing,
- most perishing,
- on last leg,
- one foot grave,
- one foot in grave.
- frequent
- recurrent
- traveling
- passing
- brief
- fleeting
- fugitive
- itinerant
-
mortal
- bipedal,
- ecce homo,
- murderous,
- remorseless,
- sublunary,
- Mortiferous,
- Creatural,
- bi pedal,
- bi-pedal,
- death dealing,
- death-dealing,
- deathdealing,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- more bipedal,
- more creatural,
- more death dealing,
- more death-dealing,
- more deathdealing,
- more ending,
- more killing,
- more mortiferous,
- more pestilent,
- more sublunary,
- most bipedal,
- most creatural,
- most death dealing,
- most death-dealing,
- most deathdealing,
- most ending,
- most killing,
- most mortiferous,
- most sublunary,
- pre carious,
- pre-carious,
- un relenting.
- tellurian
-
temporal
- banausic,
- unsanctified,
- Subcelestial,
- unspiritual,
- unsacred,
- nonspiritual,
- chrono logical,
- chrono-logical,
- more banausic,
- more nonsacred,
- more nonspiritual,
- more subcelestial,
- more unsacred,
- more unsanctified,
- most nonspiritual,
- most subcelestial,
- most unsacred,
- most unsanctified,
- most unspiritual,
- non sacred,
- non-sacred,
- non-spiritual,
- nonsacred,
- of time,
- pro fane,
- pro-fane,
- sub celestial,
- sub-celestial,
- un hallowed,
- un sacred,
- un spiritual,
- un-hallowed,
- un-sacred,
- un-sanctified,
- un-spiritual.
- volatile
- deadly
- earthly
- ephemeral
- episodic
-
fly-by-night
- Trustless,
- dis reputable,
- dis-reputable,
- fly by night,
- here today gone tomorrow,
- more cowboy,
- more here today gone tomorrow,
- more here-today-gone-tomorrow,
- more trustless,
- most cowboy,
- most here-today-gone-tomorrow,
- most trustless,
- not be relied up on,
- not be relied upon,
- not be trusted,
- not to be relied up on,
- not to be relied upon,
- not to be trusted,
- un dependable,
- un reliable,
- un sure,
- un-dependable,
- un-professional,
- un-reliable,
- un-sure,
- un-trustworthy.
- impermanent
- interim
-
intermittent
- every other,
- here and there,
- seasonal,
- Iterant,
- by bits and pieces,
- by bits pieces,
- dis continuing,
- dis continuous,
- dis-continuing,
- dis-continuous,
- here there,
- in frequent,
- in-frequent,
- more checked,
- more discontinuing,
- more iterant,
- more periodical,
- more punctuated,
- more seasonal,
- more stop and go,
- more stop-and-go,
- most checked,
- most discontinuing,
- most epochal,
- most iterant,
- most periodical,
- most punctuated,
- most seasonal,
- most shifting,
- most stop and go,
- most stop-and-go,
- now then,
- stop and go,
- stop-and-go.
- momentary
-
movable
- conveyable,
- detachable,
- motile,
- Liftable,
- Shiftable,
- Portative,
- deployable,
- in parts,
- not fixed,
- on wheels,
- turnable,
- unstationary,
- more conveyable,
- more deployable,
- more detachable,
- more liftable,
- more motile,
- more portative,
- more shiftable,
- more turnable,
- more unfastened,
- more unstationary,
- most conveyable,
- most deployable,
- most detachable,
- most liftable,
- most motile,
- most portative,
- most shiftable,
- most turnable,
- most unfastened,
- most unstationary,
- not fastened,
- re-movable,
- un fastened,
- un stationary,
- un steadier,
- un steadiest,
- un steady,
- un-attached,
- un-fastened,
- un-stationary,
- un-steadier,
- un-steadiest.
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periodic
- centennial,
- epochal,
- every so often,
- hourly,
- monthly,
- orbital,
- weekly,
- at various times,
- on certain occasions,
- every once a while,
- every once in while,
- every once while,
- hourlier,
- hourliest,
- monthlier,
- monthliest,
- more centennial,
- more epochal,
- more fluctuating,
- more on again off again,
- more on-again-off-again,
- more orbital,
- most centennial,
- most fluctuating,
- most on again off again,
- most on-again-off-again,
- most orbital,
- on-again-off-again,
- re gular,
- re-gular,
- weeklier,
- weekliest.
- provisional
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short-lived
- deciduous,
- short-run,
- short-haul,
- shortlived,
- gone a heartbeat,
- gone heartbeat,
- gone in a heartbeat,
- gone in heartbeat,
- more deciduous,
- more short haul,
- more short run,
- more short-haul,
- more short-run,
- more shorthaul,
- more shortrun,
- most deciduous,
- most short haul,
- most short run,
- most short-haul,
- most short-run,
- most shorthaul,
- most shortrun,
- of short duration,
- over a heartbeat,
- over heartbeat,
- over in a heartbeat,
- over in heartbeat,
- short haul,
- short lived,
- short run,
- shorthaul,
- shortrun.
- short-term
- temporary
- transportable
-
vagabond
- itinerate,
- rootless,
- perambulatory,
- down and out,
- fancy free,
- fancyfree,
- more drifting,
- more itinerate,
- more mendicant,
- more perambulant,
- more perambulatory,
- more rootless,
- more sauntering,
- more strolling,
- most drifting,
- most itinerate,
- most mendicant,
- most perambulant,
- most perambulatory,
- most rootless,
- most sauntering,
- most straggling,
- most strolling.
- substituting in a role
- going
- short in time
- exchanged
- transient/transitory
- failing, expiring
- momentary, passing
- irregular, sporadic
- brief, transient
- unreliable and shady
- fleeing, transient
- roaming
- brief, fleeting
- transported
- affecting, exciting
- brief, casual
- at fixed intervals
- constant, lasting
- not around for long
- material, worldly
- lasting only a short while
- unsettled; vagrant
- explosive, changeable
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Other relevant words
- shipboard,
- pro tem,
- pro tempore,
- acting,
- flying,
- mortal,
- reversible,
- short.
Antonym of the day
wert conscious of
- Antonyms:
- criticize, decrease, depreciate.
