momentary synonyms

momentary

modif.

fleeting, flying, quick, summary, passing, flitting, flashing, transient, evanescent, fugitive, impermanent, shifting, spasmodic, ephemeral, vanishing, cursory, temporary, fugacious, like lightning, like a summer shower, bubblelike, dreamlike, gone in a flash*, in the bat of an eye*, in the wink of an eye*, quicker than one can say Jack Robinson*.

Antonyms eternal*, continual*, ceaseless. See syn. study at transient.transient.

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