EPHEMERA Synonyms

• tending to vanish like vapor

• lasting for a markedly brief time

• someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

• someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice

• lasting for a markedly brief time

• not permanent; not lasting

• existing or enduring for a limited time only

• lasting for a markedly brief time

• capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature

• prone to frequent change; inconstant

• tending to undergo genetic mutation

• of advancing the ball by throwing it

• (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

• euphemistic expressions for death

• the motion of one object relative to another

• the end of something

• a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

• going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it

• success in satisfying a test or requirement

• to an extraordinary degree

• lasting a very short time

• allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily

• hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

• liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay

• food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated

• under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

• any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

• with little or no delay

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• hurried and brief

• moving quickly and lightly

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• performed with little or no delay

• easily aroused or excited

• a part of a river where the current is very fast

• done or occurring in a brief period of time

• characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed

• lasting a very short time

• a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight

• United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)

• common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks

• an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)

• moving very fast

• having rapidly moving feet

• not permanent; not lasting

• a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

• lacking continuity or regularity

• of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

• one who stays for only a short time

• (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

• lasting a very short time

• lasting a very short time

• a sudden or mysterious disappearance

• a sudden disappearance from sight

• a sudden quick movement

• a secret move (to avoid paying debts)

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart