transient

1. 1.

   one who stays for only a short time

   “transient laborers”

   Broadertraveler
2. 2.

   (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

   Broaderoscillation

   physics

1. 1.

   of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

   Synonymstranseunt

   philosophy

2. 2.

   lasting a very short time

   “the ephemeral joys of childhood”

   “a passing fancy”

   “youth's transient beauty”

   “love is transitory but it is eternal”

   “fugacious blossoms”

   Synonymsephemeralpassingshort-livedtransitoryfugacious

   Similarimpermanent

Other forms of transient

plural

transients·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about transient

What does transient mean?

transient means "one who stays for only a short time". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in transient?

transient has 2 syllables: tran-sient. The stress falls on "tran". In IPA it is /ˈtɹænʒənt/.

What is another word for transient?

Close synonyms include transeunt, ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transitory. 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.

Is transient a common word?

transient is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.