LASTING Antonyms

• tending to vanish like vapor

• lasting for a markedly brief time

• not permanent; not lasting

• existing or enduring for a limited time only

• lasting a very short time

• 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

• break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity

• cause to undergo fission or lose particles

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• to cause to separate and go in different directions

• move away from each other

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption

• preceding all others in time or space or degree

• highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections

• the first or highest in an ordering or series

• the first element in a countable series

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

• an honours degree of the highest class

• the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

• before anything else

• the initial time

• before another in time, space, or importance

• prominently forward

• serving to begin

• ranking above all others

• serving to set in motion

• lose one's emotional or mental composure

• go to pieces

• break or fall apart into fragments

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

• go to pieces

• deteriorate through use or stress