EPHEMERAL
Dictionary entry overview: What does ephemeral mean? • EPHEMERAL (noun)
The noun EPHEMERAL has 1 sense:
1. anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Familiarity information: EPHEMERAL used as a noun is very rare.
• EPHEMERAL (adjective)
The adjective EPHEMERAL has 1 sense:
1. lasting a very short time
Familiarity information: EPHEMERAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EPHEMERAL (noun)
Meaning:
Anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
ephemeral; ephemeron
Hypernyms ("ephemeral" is a kind of...):
insect (small air-breathing arthropod)
• EPHEMERAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Lasting a very short time
Synonyms:
ephemeral; fugacious; passing; short-lived; transitory; transient
Context examples:
the ephemeral joys of childhood / a passing fancy / youth's transient beauty / love is transitory but at is eternal / fugacious blossoms
Similar:
impermanent; temporary (not permanent; not lasting)
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