| evanescent definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | short-lived, as an image | 120 sets |
| 2 | tending to vanish like vapor | 86 sets |
| 3 | vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy | 84 sets |
| 4 | vanishing | 57 sets |
| 5 | fleeting | 54 sets |
| 6 | fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; v. evanesce | 36 sets |
| 7 | quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image | 35 sets |
| 8 | fleeting; vanishing | 29 sets |
| 9 | (adj.) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy | 29 sets |
| 10 | fleeting, momentary | 29 sets |
| 11 | tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing | 28 sets |
| 12 | vanishing; fading away; fleeting | 23 sets |
| 13 | momentary, ephemeral, fleeting | 21 sets |
| 14 | short-lived | 19 sets |
| 15 | fleeting; impermanent | 19 sets |
| 16 | fleeting. | 18 sets |
| 17 | temporary; fleeting | 16 sets |
| 18 | fleeting, vanishing | 15 sets |
| 19 | adj. fading from sight; transient | 14 sets |
| 20 | (adj) vanishing, soon passing away; light and airy | 13 sets |
| 21 | vanishing, soon passing away, light and airy | 13 sets |
| 22 | adj fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period | 13 sets |
| 23 | vanishing, soon passing away | 12 sets |
| 24 | ephemeral, transient, transitory | 11 sets |
| 25 | vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor | 11 sets |
| 26 | fading away | 11 sets |
| 27 | momentary, transitory, short-lived | 10 sets |
| 28 | adj. fleeting. | 9 sets |
| 29 | likely to vanish | 9 sets |
| 30 | fleeting; vanishing; happening for only the briefest period | 9 sets |
| 31 | (adj) tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing | 9 sets |
| 32 | vanishing or fading; disappearing like vapor | 9 sets |
| 33 | vanishing or likely to vanish; transitory; fleeting | 8 sets |
| 34 | fading from sight; transient | 8 sets |
| 35 | short lived | 8 sets |
| 36 | temporary | 7 sets |
| 37 | (adj.) fleeting, momentary (my joy at getting promoted was evanescent | 7 sets |
| 38 | brief, short-lived | 7 sets |
| 39 | fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing | 7 sets |
| 40 | definition: vanishing soon passing away light airy synonyms: ephemeral transient transitory antonyms: everlasting immortal imperishable | 6 sets |