Definition for Shortlived:

• Living but a short time.

Synonyms for Shortlived:

• adj.

  •brief (adjective)
  • fast,
  • short-lived,
  • swift,
  • little,
  • Curtailed,
  • instantaneous,
  • hasty,
  • concise,
  • meteoric.
  •ephemeral (adjective)
  • episodic,
  • Flitting,
  • volatile,
  • Unenduring.
  •evanescent (adjective)
  • disappearing,
  • tenuous,
  • fading,
  • vanishing.
  •fleeting (adjective)
  • cursory,
  • flying,
  • flash in the pan,
  • sudden.
  •fly-by-night (adjective)
  • shady,
  • untrustworthy,
  • unreliable,
  • slimy,
  • slippery,
  • unprofessional,
  • irresponsible,
  • Trustless,
  • undependable,
  • unsure,
  • dubious,
  • disreputable,
  • cowboy,
  • here-today-gone-tomorrow,
  • not to be relied upon,
  • treacherous,
  • questionable,
  • not to be trusted,
  • shifty.
  •fugitive (adjective)
  • hot,
  • Escaping,
  • lamster,
  • wanted,
  • elusive,
  • erratic,
  • on the lam,
  • moving,
  • planetary,
  • Evading,
  • wandering,
  • criminal,
  • errant,
  • unstable,
  • running away,
  • Avoiding.
  •little (adjective)
  • infinitesimal,
  • lilliputian,
  • stunted,
  • imperceptible,
  • bantam,
  • microscopic,
  • peanut,
  • not large,
  • truncated,
  • babyish,
  • hardly any,
  • junior,
  • young,
  • not big,
  • dinky,
  • shrimpy,
  • inconsiderable,
  • petite,
  • infant,
  • undeveloped,
  • skimpy,
  • snub,
  • wee,
  • inappreciable,
  • wizened,
  • toy,
  • diminutive,
  • minute,
  • meager,
  • undersized,
  • immature,
  • shriveled,
  • insufficient,
  • scant,
  • mini,
  • light,
  • cramped,
  • embryonic,
  • teeny,
  • elfin,
  • sparse,
  • miniature,
  • tiny,
  • slight,
  • stubby,
  • limited.
  •momentary (adjective)
  • flashing,
  • like lightning,
  • gone in flash,
  • spasmodic,
  • in wink of an eye,
  • shifting,
  • impulsive,
  • dreamlike,
  • summary.
  •passing (adjective)
  • superficial,
  • Glancing,
  • shallow.
  •perishable (adjective)
  • decomposable,
  • Decaying,
  • destructible,
  • easily spoiled.
  •short (adjective)
  • bare,
  • diminished,
  • precise,
  • compendious,
  • compressed,
  • Curtate,
  • cut short,
  • lessened,
  • Unsustained,
  • terse,
  • boiled down,
  • pointed,
  • succinct,
  • summarized,
  • laconic,
  • short and sweet,
  • compendiary,
  • in a nutshell,
  • shortened,
  • abbreviate,
  • unprolonged,
  • abbreviated,
  • condensed,
  • pithy,
  • decurtate,
  • aphoristic,
  • sententious,
  • not protracted,
  • cut to the bone,
  • decreased,
  • epigrammatic,
  • breviloquent.
  •short-lived (adjective)
  • fugacious,
  • brief,
  • momentary,
  • temporary,
  • passing,
  • fugitive,
  • transitory,
  • impermanent,
  • fleeting,
  • transient,
  • deciduous,
  • short,
  • short-term,
  • ephemeral,
  • quick,
  • short-run,
  • over in a heartbeat,
  • evanescent,
  • short-haul,
  • of short duration,
  • gone in a heartbeat,
  • fly-by-night.
  •short-range (adjective)
  • tactical.
  •short-term (adjective)
  • short-range.
  •smallish (adjective)
  • small.
  •swift (adjective)
  • hurried,
  • pronto,
  • in nothing flat,
  • breakneck,
  • double-quick,
  • fleet-footed,
  • unexpected,
  • abrupt,
  • winged,
  • express,
  • prompt,
  • fleet,
  • on the double,
  • rapid,
  • headlong,
  • Barrelling,
  • shaking a leg,
  • spanking,
  • supersonic,
  • speedy,
  • snappy,
  • expeditious,
  • like crazy,
  • screaming,
  • cracking,
  • like mad,
  • nimble,
  • ready,
  • alacritous,
  • precipitate,
  • speedball.
  •temporal (adjective)
  • chronological,
  • of time.
  •temporary (adjective)
  • interim,
  • alternate,
  • make-do,
  • supply,
  • unfixed,
  • slapdash,
  • acting,
  • stopgap,
  • pro tempore,
  • ad interim,
  • pro tem,
  • substitute,
  • overnight,
  • mortal,
  • temp,
  • provisional,
  • changeable,
  • perishable,
  • provisory,
  • band-aid,
  • ad hoc,
  • for the time being,
  • makeshift.
  •transient/transitory (adjective)
  • Migrating,
  • flash,
  • Vacating,
  • Transmigratory,
  • going by,
  • insubstantial,
  • temporal,
  • Emigrating.
  •volatile (adjective)
  • flippant,
  • inconstant,
  • variable,
  • capricious,
  • whimsical,
  • unsteady,
  • temperamental,
  • airy,
  • ticklish,
  • expansive,
  • inconsistent,
  • fickle,
  • vaporous,
  • lively,
  • flighty,
  • unsettled,
  • gay,
  • resilient,
  • subtle,
  • sprightly,
  • playful,
  • elastic,
  • frivolous,
  • mercurial,
  • effervescent,
  • gaseous,
  • giddy,
  • lubricious,
  • buoyant,
  • imponderable,
  • up-and-down.

Antonyms for Shortlived:

• adj.

  • brief
    slow, sluggish.
  • ephemeral
    everlasting, interminable, eternal.
  • fleeting
    continual, endless, constant.
  • fly-by-night
    reliable, responsible, reputable, dependable, trustworthy.
  • fugitive
    confronting, facing.
  • little
    great, open, massive, immense, important, magnificent, fat, open-minded, magnanimous, older, enormous, big, adequate, substantial, sufficient, large, giant, tall, huge.
  • momentary
    long-lasting, Staying.
  • passing
    thick, thorough.
  • perishable
    continuation, endurance.
  • short
    enough, polite, courteous, kind, unabridged, high.
  • short-lived
    long, enduring, permanent, long-lived, perpetual, ethereal, lasting, lengthy.
  • swift
    delayed, lazy, expected, leisurely.
  • temporal
    mental, persistent, otherworldly, spiritual.
  • transient/transitory
    undying, neverending, incessant.
  • volatile
    certain, steadfast, steady, firm, sure, difficult, definite, calm, stable.

Shortlived Sentence Examples:

• But their success was shortlived.