fugacious

adjective

fyü-ˈgā-shəs How to pronounce fugacious (audio)
Definition of fugaciousnext
as in flash
lasting only for a short time savor the fugacious pleasures of life as intensely as the more enduring ones

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fugacious
  1. flash
  2. brief
  3. temporary
  4. transient
  5. passing
  6. evanescent
  7. ephemeral
  8. transitory
Adjective
  • San Antonio, Texas, was under a flash-flood warning through Thursday evening, and the city urged residents to avoid unnecessary travel.
    — Fabiola Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • On Monday, the flash-flood threat is lower, but locally heavy downpours are possible for parts of the Mid-Atlantic later in the day.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of flash
Adjective
  • There was a brief moment of hope last week when authorities tried to bring students back to classrooms.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Kevin Carter | Getty Images After a brief bounce the week before, mortgage demand continued its slide last week, despite falling mortgage rates.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of brief
Adjective
  • It will now be moved into temporary storage before heading to ITER’s Assembly Hall for integration into the plasma chamber’s final sector module.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • In a High Court judgment, the star’s claim for an injunction was denied, but a temporary order preventing the man (known as PPT in court proceedings) from being named remains in place pending an appeal.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of temporary
Adjective
  • The transient air pressure of a passing thunderstorm, or the excessive production of cow patties, spoiled the chips.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Back in February, Wyandotte County commissioners decided that the local government would direct a portion of its future sales, use and transient guest tax revenues to pay for the Chiefs development.
    — Sofi Zeman October 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of transient
Adjective
  • Tampa Bay will almost certainly need more from its passing game Sunday night in Chicago.
    — Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The frantic father stopped a passing cyclist and asked him to call 911.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of passing
Adjective
  • Still, this is evanescent stuff, hardly weighty enough to get mad about with respect to the aforementioned problematic areas.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The benefits of being a statesman, analysts say, can be evanescent if domestic woes keep piling up.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of evanescent
Adjective
  • Dodge’s installation is ephemeral and finely tuned—light like a fog, yet adding gravity to the room, situating the viewer within it.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • In the barn, Raad has assiduously organized ephemeral materials like wall labels from his exhibitions and name cards from dinners he’s attended, all fodder that may or may not become an artwork in the future.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of ephemeral
Adjective
  • Russ said those rates will accelerate in the fourth quarter, and are expected to bring a roughly $130 million transitory headwind to the shipping company.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The motivation to hit the road, present the music and see the faces of the fans is addictive, but after days of long bus rides and transitory environs, there’s a buzz that comes from getting back to the family.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of transitory
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