Synonyms & related words for transience

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of transience — including transitoriness, impermanence, briefness, brevity, mutability, changeability. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to transience

Explore words related to transience — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include transiency, ephemerality, fleetingness, ephemeralness, impermanency, temporariness, fugaciousness, fugacity. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for transience

Common synonyms for transience include transitoriness, impermanence, briefness, brevity, mutability, changeability, changeableness, littleness — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does transience come from?

The word transience breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: trans-, from Latin trans (“across”); and -it, from Latin eo (“go”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.