fleeting

Speech parts

1. fleeting - Adjective

2. fleeting - Verb

4. fleeting - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Fleet

Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fugitive ephemeral momentary evanescent momentaneous short little inconstant gossamer pass FAST fleet brief passing flying
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Antonyms

long-term evergreen long great far strong
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Phrases with the word

for a fleeting moment fleeting life span fleeting lifetime fleeting fly fleeting insect fleeting glance

Examples

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. Marcus Aurelius

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. Henri Cartier-Bresson

Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view. Oliver Goldsmith

Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence. Tennessee Williams

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset. Ann Landers

The lifetime of a human being is measured by decades, the lifetime of the Sun is a hundred million times longer. Compared to a star, we are like mayflies, fleeting ephemeral creatures who live out their lives in the course of a single day. Carl Sagan

Close letter words and terms

fleeter fleetfooted fleetful fleeting encounter fleeting endeavor fleeting experiment