Antonyms for transitory

Grammar : Adj

Spell : tran-si-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -zi-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtræn sɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -zɪ-

Definition of transitory

Origin : late 14c., from Old French transitoire (12c.), from Late Latin transitorius "passing, transient," from Latin, "allowing passage through," from transitus, past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient).

adj temporary
adj brief
adj fleeting

Example sentences :

In the strength of his constancy, the Pyramids seem to him recent and transitory.
Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

For this kingdom which is transitory and of the earth I do not greatly care.
Extract from : « Henry the Sixth » by John Blacman

The effect of his words, on me, was neither slight nor transitory.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

All were as transitory as smoke, as illusionary as the opium-eater's mid-day dream.
Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland

But if the mania arise from causes which are transitory, then there is no ground for alarm.
Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys

Prefer knowledge to wealth; for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden

Every impulse given to the masses is, in its nature, spasmodic and transitory.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

Grief, with the Countess, was usually a passionate, but also a transitory feeling.
Extract from : « Earl Hubert's Daughter » by Emily Sarah Holt

The doctor, whom she met there, said that this state of calm was very possibly only transitory.
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

He wished to show up their way of thinking, which clings to the transitory only.
Extract from : « Christianity As A Mystical Fact » by Rudolf Steiner

Synonyms for transitory

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