English noun: transience | |||
| 1. | transience (attribute) an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying | ||
| Synonyms | transiency, transitoriness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | impermanence, impermanency | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ephemerality, ephemeralness, fleetingness, fugaciousness, fugacity | ||
| 2. | transience (attribute) the attribute of being brief or fleeting | ||
| Synonyms | brevity, briefness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | duration, length | ||