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Definition of PASSING

lasting only for a short time <his parents were willing to buy him a piano if he demonstrated that his interest in music was more than a passing fancy>

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

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

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

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