transitory
/TRAN-zih-tor-ee/adjectivenot permanent; brief
“The relief proved transitory once the bills arrived.”
- Synonyms
- temporary, fleeting, short-lived
- Antonyms
- enduring, permanent
- Root
- trans- (across)
- Memory hook
- transit: in passage, soon gone.
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