transient
adjective
; ˈtran-zē-ənt, ˈtran(t)-sē-; ˈtran-zhənt, -jənt\
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transient
noun
; ˈtran-zē-ənt, ˈtran(t)-sē-; ˈtran-zhənt, -jənt\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for transient
Synonyms: Adjective
brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, transitory
Antonyms: Adjective
ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, lasting, long-lived, permanent, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending
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Examples of transient in a Sentence
Adjective
A Summer in New York is actually Europe, the Sequel—city of transient Danes and Italians and Spaniards and French. — Guy Trebay, Village Voice, 30 July 1991 But Vandenberg, who had already written a hagiographic biography of Hamilton, was doing his personal hero no service. Rather, he trivialized him by dragging him into the transient issues of the day. — John Steele Gordon, American Heritage, July/August 1990 The mountain lies between his residence and the main road, and occludes the expectation of transient visits. — Thomas Jefferson, letter, 4 Aug. 1820
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Overnight guests in Beverly Hills also generated $48 million in transient occupancy taxes, a 17% increase over 2016. — Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times, "Beverly Hills loves tourists but not tour buses, killing a plan for new bus stops," 15 Aug. 2019 This earned a huge backlash from Old Towne Orange residents frustrated with landlords renting single-family homes to transient students, and university officials subsequently withdrew the plan. — Daniel Langhorne, Daily Pilot, "New dorm marks Chapman University’s progress toward housing more students, improving neighbor relations," 9 Aug. 2019 Residents also tend to be more transient, Wolf said, which might also keep them from making a significant donation. — Julia O'malley, Anchorage Daily News, "Nonprofit giving experts say donations from Alaskans can’t make up funding losses caused by vetoes," 17 July 2019 But the bursts were so transient that catching and studying them was tricky. — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, "Bizarre radio burst traced back to its origin in deep space," 27 June 2019 The true testimony to this festival’s popularity though lies in its recent history, as arguably no other festival in the state could have survived and continued to thrive after having such a transient existence. — Chip Mccabe, courant.com, "10 bands you can’t miss at the 2019 Podunk Bluegrass Festival," 31 July 2019 In 2011, the city paid $35,000 to settle a suit filed by a transient gardener who alleged he was unlawfully arrested and stunned with a Taser by police officers. — Maggie Angst, The Mercury News, "Video shows Palo Alto police rough up man suspected of driving with suspended license," 23 July 2019 Because of the transient nature of pro hockey, Wolves players don’t typically stick around for longer than a season or two. — chicagotribune.com, "The road through Rosemont: Chicago Wolves alumni help Blues, Golden Knights reach Stanley Cup Final," 20 July 2019 The team behind the spectrometer sent an experiment to the rover over the weekend to determine if this is due to a spike, which would appear as a transient plume. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Curiosity rover detects highest levels of methane on Mars," 24 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The suspect is a transient who occasionally comes to the facility. — Houston Chronicle, "Memorial Villages Police Department weekly report," 5 Aug. 2019 But the combination of an explosive Red Sox offense and an undistinguished Blue Jays pitching staff rendered the lead transient, as the Red Sox rallied for three runs with two outs in the fifth inning. — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, "‘We just gave it to them.’ Red Sox lose in Andrew Cashner’s debut," 17 July 2019 That turn in the addiction world coincides with BART’s effort to shoo drug users and transients out of the downtown stations and plazas, which are also the portal to San Francisco’s tourist district and its gilded City Hall. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "Needles on wane in BART trains and stations, another sign of fentanyl’s rise," 7 July 2019 As homelessness soars across the Bay Area, signs of abject poverty are becoming more evident on BART, where commuters mingle uneasily with transients seeking shelter on the trains. — Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com, "Bay Briefing: Fentanyl epidemic worsens in San Francisco," 24 June 2019 Yet few of the transients at Pittsburg Bay Point seemed interested in taking that path on a recent Thursday in June. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "BART’s end of the line surges with homeless as misery plays out each night," 22 June 2019 The missing person is transient, does not have a phone and is not at risk. —