evanescent

ev·a·nes·cent

adj \-s^ənt\

Definition of EVANESCENT

: tending to vanish like vapor

Examples of EVANESCENT

1. <beauty that is as evanescent as a rainbow>

Origin of EVANESCENT

Latin evanescent-, evanescens, present participle of evanescere

First Known Use: 1717

Related to EVANESCENT

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

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

Related Words: little, short, shortish; acting, interim, provisional, short-term

Near Antonyms: lifelong; continuing, durable, persistent; imperishable, indefectible, indestructible

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Rhymes with EVANESCENT

acquiescent, adolescent, arborescent, Fertile Crescent, incandescent, opalescent, prepubescent, viridescent