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Synonyms for shortlived
adj not around for long

fleeting
ephemeral
brief
transitory
temporary
short-term

momentary
evanescent
fly-by-night
fugitive
impermanent
passing

quick
short
transient
fugacious
deciduous
gone in a heartbeat

of short duration
over in a heartbeat
short-haul
short-run

Antonyms for shortlived

enduring
lasting
long-lived

permanent
perpetual
ethereal

lengthy
long

Synonyms
adj short in time

temporary
concise
short-lived
quick
fleeting

swift
momentary
little
ephemeral
fast

transient
passing
hasty
instantaneous
meteoric

transitory
short-term
curtailed

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
long-lived

permanent
sluggish
lengthy

long
slow

Synonyms
adj momentary, passing

short-lived
fleeting
transitory
short

temporary
brief
fugitive
transient

volatile
episodic
evanescent
flitting

impermanent
fugacious
unenduring

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
long-lived
permanent

perpetual
eternal
everlasting
interminable

lengthy
long

Synonyms
adj transient

brief
fading
fleeting

momentary
passing
short-lived

temporary
tenuous
vanishing

disappearing

Synonyms
adj brief, transient

short-lived
ephemeral
transitory
sudden
cursory

fading
momentary
vanishing
passing
flying

flitting
short
evanescent
flash in the pan
fugitive

impermanent
meteoric
temporary
volatile
fugacious

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
long-lived
permanent

perpetual
continual
endless
lengthy

constant
long

Synonyms
adj unreliable and shady

ephemeral
passing
temporary
brief
cowboy
disreputable
dubious

evanescent
fleeting
impermanent
irresponsible
momentary
questionable
shady

shifty
short-lived
slimy
slippery
treacherous
undependable
unprofessional

unreliable
unsure
untrustworthy
here-today-gone-tomorrow
not to be relied upon
not to be trusted
trustless

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
permanent

dependable
reliable
reputable

trustworthy
long
responsible

Synonyms
adj fleeing, transient

wanted
elusive
short
temporary
flying
ephemeral
brief
volatile

passing
criminal
wandering
errant
erratic
evanescent
fleeting
flitting

hot
impermanent
momentary
moving
planetary
short-lived
transitory
unstable

fugacious
avoiding
escaping
evading
lamster
on the lam
running away

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
permanent

confronting
lengthy
long

facing

Synonyms
adj small in size, amount

scant
insufficient
slight
meager
limited
infant
short
dinky
wee
petite
diminutive
light
infinitesimal

young
brief
miniature
toy
snub
peanut
bantam
Lilliputian
junior
minute
babyish
cramped
elfin

embryonic
fleeting
hasty
immature
imperceptible
microscopic
short-lived
skimpy
sparse
stubby
stunted
teeny
tiny

undeveloped
wizened
inappreciable
inconsiderable
mini
undersized
hardly any
not big
not large
shrimpy
shriveled
truncated

Antonyms

adequate
sufficient
large
huge
older
giant
enormous

immense
massive
magnificent
magnanimous
open-minded
big
fat

lengthy
long
tall
substantial
great
important
open

Synonyms
adj brief, fleeting

short-lived
temporary
transitory
cursory
ephemeral
evanescent
flitting

flying
fugitive
hasty
impermanent
impulsive
instantaneous
passing

quick
short
spasmodic
summary
transient
vanishing
volatile

fugacious
dreamlike
flashing
gone in flash
in wink of an eye
like lightning
shifting

Antonyms

lasting
long-lived

permanent
long-lasting

lengthy
staying

Synonyms
adj brief, casual

cursory
superficial
fleeting
short
temporary

slight
shallow
ephemeral
fugitive
transient

quick
evanescent
hasty
impermanent
momentary

short-lived
transitory
fugacious
glancing

Antonyms

thorough
large
enduring

lasting
permanent
long-lasting

long
tall
thick

Synonyms
adj liable to spoil, rot

decaying
short-lived

unstable
decomposable

destructible
easily spoiled

Antonyms

continuation

endurance

Synonyms
adj abridged

precise
short-lived
brief
terse
condensed
fleeting
abbreviate
pointed
little
summary
bare

compendious
concise
cut short
epigrammatic
laconic
momentary
pithy
sententious
short and sweet
succinct
aphoristic

short-term
shortened
abbreviated
diminished
compressed
summarized
decreased
lessened
curtailed
undersized
boiled down

breviloquent
compendiary
curtate
cut to the bone
decurtate
in a nutshell
not protracted
unprolonged
unsustained

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
long-lived
large
unabridged
adequate

enough
sufficient
courteous
kind
polite
lengthy

long
high
tall
thick

Synonyms
adj very fast

rapid
unexpected
hasty
nimble
sudden
abrupt
quick
speedy
expeditious
short

prompt
flying
express
spanking
precipitate
ready
fleet
breakneck
headlong
hurried

on the double
pronto
short-lived
snappy
cracking
screaming
winged
alacritous
barrelling
double-quick

fleet-footed
in nothing flat
like crazy
like mad
shaking a leg
speedball
supersonic

Antonyms

leisurely
delayed

lazy
sluggish

slow
expected

Synonyms
adj momentary

transitory
ephemeral
passing
transient

temporary
fugitive
chronological
evanescent

fleeting
impermanent
short-lived
fugacious

of time

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
permanent

otherworldly
spiritual
endless

perpetual
persistent
mental

Synonyms
adj lasting only a short while

limited
short-lived
brief
makeshift
interim
transitory
provisional
momentary
short
supply
perishable

alternate
ephemeral
fugitive
summary
acting
transient
mortal
impermanent
volatile
passing
stopgap

substitute
ad hoc
changeable
evanescent
fleeting
pro tempore
slapdash
unstable
ad interim
fugacious
pro tem

provisory
temp
shifting
make-do
Band-Aid
for the time being
overnight
unfixed

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
long-lived

permanent
unabridged
lengthy

long

Synonyms
adj temporary, brief

changeable
ephemeral
evanescent
flash
fleeting
flitting
fly-by-night

flying
fugitive
impermanent
insubstantial
momentary
moving
passing

provisional
short
short-lived
temporal
unstable
volatile
fugacious

short-term
transmigratory
deciduous
emigrating
going by
migrating
vacating

Antonyms

enduring
incessant
lasting

long-lasting
permanent
persistent

undying
neverending

Synonyms
adj explosive, changeable

elusive
unsettled
ticklish
fickle
unstable
buoyant
resilient
capricious
erratic
gay
elastic

light
ephemeral
fugitive
transient
imponderable
variable
airy
effervescent
expansive
fleeting
flighty

flippant
frivolous
gaseous
giddy
impermanent
inconsistent
inconstant
lively
mercurial
momentary
playful

short-lived
sprightly
subtle
temperamental
transitory
unsteady
up-and-down
vaporous
whimsical
fugacious
lubricious

Antonyms

reliable
stable
dependable
enduring
lasting

permanent
steadfast
certain
definite
sure

constant
steady
difficult
calm
firm

Synonyms
adj temporary

ephemeral
fleeting
transitory
short-term
flash
temporal
flying
brief

fugitive
short
volatile
passing
fly-by-night
changeable
evanescent
flitting

impermanent
insubstantial
momentary
moving
provisional
short-lived
unstable
fugacious

transmigratory
deciduous
emigrating
going by
migrating
vacating

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
permanent

perpetual
long-lived
long

lengthy

Synonyms
adj brief

short-lived
ephemeral

fleeting
passing

short
fugacious

Antonyms

enduring
lasting
long-lived

permanent
perpetual
lengthy

long

Synonyms
adj temporary

acting
brief

interim
pro tem

pro tempore
provisional

short-lived

Synonyms
adj transitory

brief
ephemeral
evanescent

fleeting
impermanent
momentary

passing
short-lived
temporal

temporary
transient

Synonyms
adj temporary

acting
ad hoc
ad interim
alternate
brief
changeable
ephemeral
evanescent
fleeting
fugacious

fugitive
impermanent
interim
limited
makeshift
momentary
mortal
passing
perishable
pro tempore

provisional
provisory
short
short-lived
slapdash
stopgap
substitute
summary
supply
transient

transitory
unstable
volatile
Band-Aid
for the time being
make-do
overnight
shifting
temp
unfixed

Synonyms
adj temporary

tactical
acting
ad hoc
ad interim
alternate
brief
changeable
ephemeral
evanescent
fleeting
fugacious

fugitive
impermanent
interim
limited
makeshift
momentary
mortal
passing
perishable
pro tem
pro tempore

provisional
provisory
short
short-lived
short-term
slapdash
stopgap
substitute
summary
supply
transient

transitory
unstable
volatile
Band-Aid
for the time being
make-do
overnight
shifting
temp
unfixed

Synonyms
adj temporary

limited
interim
momentary
acting
ad hoc
ad interim
alternate
brief
changeable
ephemeral
evanescent

fleeting
fugacious
fugitive
impermanent
makeshift
mortal
passing
perishable
pro tem
pro tempore
provisional

provisory
short
short-lived
short-range
slapdash
stopgap
substitute
summary
supply
transient
transitory

unstable
volatile
Band-Aid
for the time being
make-do
overnight
shifting
temp
unfixed

Antonyms

permanent

Synonyms
adj little

diminutive
cramped
babyish
bantam
brief
dinky
elfin
embryonic
fleeting
hasty
immature
imperceptible
inappreciable

inconsiderable
infant
infinitesimal
insufficient
junior
light
Lilliputian
limited
meager
microscopic
miniature
minute
peanut

petite
scant
short
short-lived
skimpy
slight
small
snub
sparse
stubby
stunted
teeny
tiny

toy
undeveloped
wee
wizened
young
undersized
hardly any
mini
not big
not large
shrimpy
shriveled
truncated

Antonyms

huge

large

big