impermanent

Questions about impermanent

What does impermanent mean?

impermanent means "not permanent; not lasting". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in impermanent?

impermanent has 4 syllables: im-per-ma-nent. The stress falls on "per".

What is another word for impermanent?

Close synonyms include temporary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of impermanent?

The recorded antonyms are permanent.

Is impermanent a common word?

impermanent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.