impermanent | Definition of impermanent

Synonyms and Antonyms of impermanent

1 intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time

built an impermanent structure to serve for the archaeologists' living quarters during the dig

Synonyms of impermanent

ad interim, interim, provisional, provisionary, provisory, short-term, temporary

Words Related to impermanent

alternate, proxy, substitute

expedient, improvised, makeshift

intermediary, intermediate, transitional

ephemeral, fleeting, fugitive, short-lived, transitory

conditional, contingent, limited, qualified, short-range, tentative

replaceable, terminable, terminate

Near Antonyms of impermanent

final, fixed, set, settled

unconditional, unlimited, unqualified

extended, lasting, long-range, standing

dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending

Antonyms of impermanent

long-term, permanent

2 lasting only for a short time

a summer romance that was an impermanent fancy, quickly forgotten

Synonyms of impermanent

brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory

Words Related to impermanent

little, short, shortish

acting, interim, provisional, short-term

Near Antonyms of impermanent

continuing, durable, persistent

imperishable, indefectible, indestructible

Antonyms of impermanent

ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, lasting, long-lived, permanent, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending