transient

transient is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure.
2. adjective. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.
3. adjective. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders.
4. noun. That which remains but for a brief time.
5. noun. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
6. noun. one who stays for only a short time

   "transient laborers"

7. adjective. of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

   Synonyms: transeunt

8. adjective. lasting a very short time

   "the ephemeral joys of childhood"

   "a passing fancy"

   Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, transitory

Synonyms

transeunt, ephemeral, fugacious, passing, transitory

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in transient:

instanter, intranets

Common word forms

transients, transiently, transientness

Words from these letters

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