Antonyms for ephemeral

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-fem-er-uhl

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfɛm ər əl

Definition of ephemeral

Origin : 1560s; see ephemera + -al (1). Related: Ephemerality. Originally of diseases and lifespans; extended sense of "transitory" is from 1630s.

adj momentary, passing

Example sentences :

And what are the haughtiest of us, but the ephemeral aristocrats of a summer's day?
Extract from : « The Toll Gatherer's Day (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Life is precarious as the fall of a die at best an ephemeral business.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

Must not the fame that is instantaneous prove hollow and ephemeral?
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various

Some readers may smile at the notion of taking seriously these ephemeral productions.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

And so of children's play-books as well as their work-books; these are as ephemeral as their other toys.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton

They were, no doubt, chiefly of a pantomimic and ephemeral kind.
Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook

But like all dunghill products, the life of these was ephemeral.
Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon

Some seek eternal beauty, and place their ephemeral life in the infinite.
Extract from : « Thais » by Anatole France

For a pitiable and ephemeral chase after happiness, which you call honour and freedom.
Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer

Our present ephemeral dandy is akin to the maccaroni of my earlier days.
Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 » by Lord Byron

Synonyms for ephemeral

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