Fleeting

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Passing quickly; ephemeral: a fleeting glimpse; a fleeting interest in the campaign.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Passing quickly.
  • v. Present participle of fleet.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Passing rapidly; hastening away; transient; not durable: as, the fleeting hours or moments.
  • Synonyms Transitory, etc. See transient.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lasting for a markedly brief time
  • Equivalent
    short   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Verb Stem
    fleet   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    beating    cheating    competing    completing    defeating    deleting    depleting    eating    greeting    heating   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    momentary    transient    vague    ephemeral    elusive    vivid    uncertain    ghostly    very    earthly