What is another word for short-lived?
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈɔːtlˈɪvd], [ ʃˈɔːtlˈɪvd], [ ʃ_ˈɔː_t_l_ˈɪ_v_d]
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Similar words for short-lived:
- brief (adjective)
- ephemeral (adjective)
- evanescent (adjective)
- fleeting (adjective)
- fly-by-night (adjective)
- fugacious (adjective)
- fugitive (adjective)
- little (adjective)
- momentary (adjective)
- not around for long (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- passing (adjective)
- perishable (adjective)
- short (adjective)
- short-range (adjective)
- short-term (adjective)
- swift (adjective)
- temporal (adjective)
- temporary (adjective)
- transient (adjective)
- transient/transitory (adjective)
- volatile (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Short-lived:
adj.
• brief (adjective) • ephemeral (adjective) • evanescent (adjective) • fleeting (adjective) • fly-by-night (adjective)- most here today gone tomorrow,
- more here today gone tomorrow,
- more trustless,
- un-trustworthy,
- un professional,
- slimier,
- most cowboy,
- most trustless,
- not be relied upon,
- not to be relied up on,
- un reliable,
- more cowboy,
- un-professional,
- here-today-gone-tomorrow,
- not be relied up on,
- un dependable,
- most here-today-gone-tomorrow,
- un-sure,
- here today gone tomorrow,
- un-reliable,
- not be trusted,
- dis reputable,
- dis-reputable,
- more here-today-gone-tomorrow,
- un-dependable,
- fly by night,
- un sure.
- shrimpy,
- wee,
- not large,
- Toyer,
- hardly any,
- under-sized,
- smallish,
- not big,
- junior,
- snubber,
- mini,
- tiny,
- least.
- in wink an eye,
- most flashing,
- gone flash,
- flashing,
- more flashing,
- in wink eye,
- like lightning,
- most shifting,
- in wink of eye.
- perishable,
- supersonic,
- short-range,
- not to be trusted,
- passing,
- like mad,
- band aid,
- alacritous,
- volatile,
- temporal,
- pro tem,
- make do,
- speedball,
- Barrelling,
- double-quick,
- unfixed,
- shaking a leg,
- deciduous,
- over night,
- ephemeral,
- supplier,
- little,
- momentary,
- fleeting,
- of time,
- Trustless,
- fugitive,
- for the time being,
- not to be relied upon,
- like crazy,
- transitory,
- ad interim,
- transient,
- short-term,
- fly-by-night,
- make-do,
- gone in flash,
- in wink of an eye,
- temporary,
- overnight,
- Unenduring.
- de composable,
- most decomposable,
- easily spoiled,
- decomposable,
- more destructible,
- de-composable,
- destructible,
- most destructible,
- more decomposable.
- Curtate,
- shortest,
- breviloquent,
- not protracted,
- decurtate,
- in a nutshell,
- cut to bone,
- cut to the bone,
- epigrammatic,
- unprolonged,
- compendiary,
- Unsustained.
- more fleet footed,
- more fleetfooted,
- un-expected,
- fleet-footed,
- most speedball,
- doublequick,
- super-sonic,
- fleetfooted,
- more screaming,
- head-long,
- more alacritous,
- shaking leg,
- ex press,
- most doublequick,
- head long,
- most cracking,
- most screaming,
- more double-quick,
- ex-press,
- in nothing flat,
- most fleet footed,
- most alacritous,
- on double,
- most double quick,
- super sonic,
- un expected,
- more speedball,
- most supersonic,
- more supersonic,
- most fleet-footed,
- more barrelling,
- more doublequick,
- most barrelling,
- more double quick,
- most double-quick,
- most fleetfooted,
- more cracking,
- more fleet-footed,
- double quick,
- fleet footed.
- more makedo,
- over-night,
- most unfixed,
- most band-aid,
- most make-do,
- more overnight,
- more make-do,
- more bandaid,
- un fixed,
- for time being,
- most bandaid,
- temp,
- bandaid,
- makedo,
- suppliest,
- most makedo,
- pro visional,
- more make do,
- most make do,
- un-fixed,
- most overnight,
- more band aid,
- more unfixed,
- more band-aid,
- provisory,
- most band aid.
- flickering,
- mutable,
- Flitting,
- mortal,
- fickle,
- fading,
- rootless,
- cursory,
- changeable,
- shifting,
- restless.
n.
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•
- variable.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- inconstant,
- momentarily,
- quickly,
- provisional,
- ephemera,
- fluid,
- protean,
- negotiable,
- draft,
- throwaway,
- transitional,
- convertible,
- kaleidoscopic,
- uncertain,
- floating,
- interim,
- turbulent,
- erratic,
- caretaker,
- skittish,
- tenuous,
- awhile,
- semipermanent,
- briefly,
- adjustable.
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- short,
- reversible,
- elastic.
- impetuous,
- hasty,
- impulsive,
- fragile,
- meteoric,
- disappearing,
- here today,
- dying,
- gone tomorrow,
- expiring,
- transitive,
- limited,
- brittle,
- flying,
- slipping away,
- corruptible,
- nonpermanent,
- makeshift,
- stand-by,
- capricious,
- going,
- unstable,
- insubstantial,
- stopgap,
- vanishing,
- nondurable,
- flash,
- spasmodic,
- frail,
- swift.
How to use "Short-lived" in context?
The word "short-lived" usually means something that is temporary or is not going to last very long. Sometimes people use the word to describe something that is not very good or successful. The thing that makes something short-lived can be anything from a relationship to an idea. It all depends on the context. Sometimes a short-lived thing can be really good and improve the overall situation. Other times it can be really bad and ruin everything. It's all about individual circumstances.
Paraphrases for Short-lived:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
ephemeral.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
acute, mayfly, short-range, short-run, transient, transitory, short-sighted, shortterm, short-duration, short-.
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Adjective
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