Grade 10

evanescent (ev-a-nes-cent)

Definition


adjective.
shortlived; staying temporarily

Example Sentence

Evening showers are an evanescent phenomenon in the tropics.

Synonyms

brief; disappearing; fading; fleeting; momentary

Antonyms

last forever

Rhymes

  • bessent
  • crescent

  • depressant
  • fluorescent
  • incessant
  • quiescent
  • suppressant
  • tumescent

  • adolescent
  • convalescent
  • effervescent
  • evanescent
  • incandescent
  • iridescent
  • luminescent
  • obsolescent

  • antidepressant
  • preadolescent