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Adjective
▲
Lasting for a very short time
momentary
brief
passing
temporary
ephemeral
evanescent
transient
transitory
short
flitting
fugacious
impermanent
quick
meteoric
cursory
deciduous
fading
flash
fugitive
vanishing
swift
volatile
flying
rapid
rushed
sudden
short-lived
short-term
flash in the pan
fly-by-night
here today and gone tomorrow
more ❯
“A fleeting surge of pride filled her for a second, but it was quickly displaced by disappointment.”
Adjective
▲
Disappearing
vanishing
disappearing
dying
endangered
fading
going
threatened
waning
mise en scene
declining
diminishing
decreasing
dwindling
weakening
lessening
abating
falling
sinking
ebbing
passing
hazy
paling
evanescent
failing
in decline
growing dimmer
on its last legs
on the way out
on the decline
expiring
moribund
doomed
near death
sinking fast
fated
breathing your last
not long for this world
done for
on your deathbed
in extremis
fading fast
at death's door
near the end
mortal
perishing
with one foot in the grave
at the end of the rope
on your last legs
having one foot in the grave
mortally ill
on one's deathbed
on one's last leg
one foot in the grave
failing rapidly
foundering
subsiding
in the jaws of death
closing
on last leg
one foot in grave
decaying
ultimate
ending
giving up the ghost
withering
terminally ill
becoming extinct
at end of rope
on the point of death
passing away
disintegrating
Adjective
▲
Carried out without real interest, feeling, or concern
perfunctory
cursory
indifferent
casual
offhand
sketchy
superficial
uninterested
unthinking
desultory
unconcerned
brief
hasty
hurried
inattentive
lackadaisical
mechanical
passing
quick
summary
token
apathetic
careless
complacent
disinterested
insensible
insouciant
negligent
nonchalant
pococurante
uncurious
dismissive
heedless
incurious
rapid
slipshod
slovenly
wooden
cool
half-hearted
laid-back
phoning it in
walking through it
going through the motions
carefree
uncaring
incautious
reckless
lax
unheeding
blithe
improvident
blasé
disregardful
neglectful
tardy
lazy
derelict
easy
slap-happy
devil-may-care
free and easy
detached
dispassionate
feckless
slack
remiss
imprudent
uncircumspect
unmindful
unobservant
untrustworthy
delinquent
unaccountable
unreliable
undependable
aloof
blithely unconcerned
good-for-nothing
without care
lukewarm
impetuous
breezy
unfeeling
listless
impassive
easygoing
unresponsive
impulsive
hectic
spur-of-the-moment
distant
bored
uninvolved
withdrawn
remote
injudicious
sudden
abrupt
thoughtless
vague
cavalier
unperturbed
unenthusiastic
unmoved
clinical
passive
cold
unimpressible
unexcited
disimpassioned
negative
unceremonious
just watching the clock
not giving a damn
undiscerning
couldn't-care-less
indiscriminate
take-it-or-leave-it
temerarious
premature
undiscriminating
unperceptive
subitaneous
precipitant
rushing
snatched
uninquiring
unselective
mindless
unreasoned
unexacting
objective
uncommitted
reserved
impartial
spacey
impersonal
unbiased
unprejudiced
spaced-out
unpassioned
stolid
abstract
removed
poker-faced
staid
spontaneous
uninformed
imperceptive
untroubled
unworried
unpremeditated
indiscriminating
airy
out of it
instinctive
extemporaneous
capricious
impromptu
snap
unruffled
happy-go-lucky
involuntary
whimsical
unplanned
intuitive
uninhibited
easily pleased
equanimous
equable
calm
serene
gay
easy-going
composed
sunny
light-hearted
relaxed
emotional
freakish
adventurous
daredevil
unprompted
unrepressed
foolhardy
lacking concern
jaunty
buoyant
frivolous
unserious
daring
unguarded
unpredictable
madcap
abandoned
unwary
upbeat
unmeditated
ad-lib
hot-headed
jumping the gun
ill-thought-out
winging it
ill-considered
brash
passionate
unexpected
wild
laid back
free from care
free from worry
weary
apathetic towards
offhand about
uninvolved with
unconcerned about
bored stiff
going through motions
lukewarm about
turned off
detached from
bored by
nonchalant about
unmoved by
hard-hearted
phlegmatic about
unresponsive to
aloof from
could care less
indifferent to
uninvolved in
unenthusiastic about
incurious about
distant from
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Difficult to remember or describe
elusive
indefinable
indefinite
subtle
baffling
indistinct
intangible
ambiguous
impalpable
puzzling
transient
deceptive
fugitive
indescribable
transitory
unanalyzableUS
unanalysableUK
evasive
misleading
equivocal
elusory
fraudulent
illusory
oracular
fallacious
unspecific
vague
occult
shy
evanescent
oblique
indirect
equivocating
slippery
prevaricating
cagey
cunning
indeterminate
inexact
devious
shuffling
imprecise
unclear
inexplicit
cryptic
shifty
perplexing
dissembling
gnomic
roundabout
enigmatic
circumlocutory
circuitous
sophistical
periphrastic
casuistical
casuistic
Delphic
false
noncommittal
non-committal
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Somewhat small
smallish
small
little
diminutive
slight
undersized
pocket
puny
pygmy
dwarfish
dinky
bantam
tiny
Lilliputian
shrimpy
toylike
miniature
petite
mini
undersize
fine
wee
subnormal
minute
teeny
stunted
microscopic
elfin
toy
short
stubby
imperceptible
insufficient
infinitesimal
inconsiderable
inappreciable
limited
skimpy
sparse
cramped
meagreUK
meagerUS
scant
undeveloped
light
peanut
babyish
brief
embryonic
hasty
immature
infant
junior
shrivelledUK
shriveledUS
snub
truncated
wizened
young
pint-sized
pocket-sized
pocket-size
half-pint
pint-size
fun size
short-lived
hardly any
not big
not large
not worth bothering about
very small
unimportant
petty
inconsequential
stumpy
exiguous
thickset
chunky
heavyset
mite
restricted
solid
sturdy
stout
invisible
skimp
pitiful
scarce
sparing
beggarly
thick
footling
broad
piddly
pimping
no-account
chicken
pathetic
meaningless
frivolous
de minimis
everyday
Mickey Mouse
trite
invisible to the naked eye
irrelevant
nonessential
immaterial
mean
very little
sprightly
bonsai
runted
scrub
shot
undergrown
teenty
model
nanosized
tincy
teentsy
youthful
minim
molecular
microbic
hand-to-mouth
low-set
yea high
small fry
indiscernible
unnoticeable
bare
confined
heavy
superficial
efficient
extremely small
barely perceptible
meek
lank
mere
a slip of a …
pudgy
beefy
bull-necked
economic of space
granular
submicroscopic
fragmentary
itsy bitsy
incy wincy
tincy wincy
teensy weensy
thin on the ground
heavily built
disappointing
lean
lamentable
lowly
contemptible
base
ordinary
fiddling
non-essential
inessential
flimsy
pettifogging
commonplace
pointless
of little consequence
of little account
penny-ante
foolish
twopenny-halfpenny
idle
chubby
of little importance
small-bore
valueless
wanky
nuggety
momentary
beside the point
ignorable
marginal
skin-deep
evanescent
vanishing
mesomorphic
pyknic
thick-bodied
fat
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not sustainable
unsustainable
indefensible
unjustifiable
unmaintainable
unmanageable
unsanctionable
unsuitable
untenable
unverifiable
unviable
unendurable
unfeasible
brief
implausible
temporary
unworkable
Adjective
▲
Quick or likely to change consistently
volatile
unpredictable
variable
capricious
changeable
fickle
temperamental
unstable
erratic
inconstant
impulsive
quicksilver
flighty
vacillating
excitable
fluctuating
irrepressible
mercurial
wavering
changing
ephemeral
fluid
inconsistent
mutable
protean
shifting
transitory
unsteady
whimsical
changeful
flickery
irregular
kaleidoscopic
moody
skittish
uncertain
unsettled
varying
wayward
active
elastic
fitful
flakyUK
flakeyUS
frivolous
giddy
labile
movable
bipolar
impermanent
mobile
momentary
peaky
transient
undependable
unreliable
ever-changing
yo-yo
up-and-down
up and down
up in the air
blowing hot and cold
short-lived
full of ups and downs
vaporous
uneven
fluctuant
chameleonic
chameleon-like
turbulent
irresolute
oscillating
unfixed
vagarious
floating
random
unequal
spasmodic
iffy
waffling
freakish
flexible
swaying
variational
moving
patchy
ever-shifting
wild
alterable
adaptable
indefinite
versatile
arbitrary
doubtful
chance
desultory
scattershot
dubious
haphazard
shifty
chancy
roving
wandering
dicey
alternating
rambling
deviating
not fixed
inexplicable
unbalanced
continuously changing
faithless
tempestuous
jerky
quirky
everchanging
adjustable
polymorphous
many-sided
multiform
stayless
varied
inexact
checkeredUS
chequeredUK
evolving
explosive
knife-edge
ungovernable
faddish
dynamic
flickering
intermittent
subject to change
likely to change
unequable
undulating
irrational
slippery
crotchety
not constant
free
untrustworthy
constantly changing
nonuniform
sporadic
unsteadfast
ambiguous
unsound
suspect
weaving
episodic
altering
abnormal
eccentric
contradictory
discontinuous
developing
unmethodical
growing
episodical
vicissitudinous
ever-moving
extraordinary
planetary
aberrant
meandering
directionless
transitional
restless
variant
irresponsible
vagrant
revocable
commutative
transformable
agitated
reversible
indecisive
hit-or-miss
hit-and-miss
undirected
unnatural
unusual
idiosyncratic
devious
anomalous
highly strung
oddball
incalculable
nomadic
in a state of change
paradoxical
not settled
two-faced
incompatible
contrary
conflicting
self-contradictory
unforeseeable
unmanageable
fluky
discordant
incongruous
irreconcilable
incoherent
touchy
discrepant
warring
lubricious
illogical
dissonant
incongruent
at odds
up for grabs
touch and go
from left field
in conflict
at variance
hanging by a thread
out of step
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to rush or dash in a specified direction
belting
rushing
racing
dashing
speeding
hurrying
running
shooting
careering
flying
hurtling
tearing
bolting
zooming
scurrying
hastening
zipping
haring
scooting
scuttling
barrelling
barreling
bombing
pelting
blasting
buzzing
bustling
whirling
whisking
bundling
trotting
driving
careening
blazing
blowing
breezing
rocketing
hying
hieing
hustling
chasing
bowling
darting
motoring
coursing
jetting
hurling
rustling
cannonballing
sprinting
ripping
nipping
jumping
highballing
charging
streaking
stepping
travellingUK
travelingUS
whizzing
ramming
humping
galloping
flashing
whipping
scrambling
sweeping
boogying
boogieing
bucketing
stampeding
posting
zapping
bounding
whooshing
scudding
scuttering
clipping
winging
swooping
wheeching
hightailing
shifting
scorching
springing
hotfooting it
cracking on
legging it
going hell for leather
going like lightning
burning rubber
barrelling along
spanking along
bowling along
rattling along
going like the clappers
getting the lead out
laying rubber
going like a bat out of hell
getting a move on
stepping on it
scampering
cutting along
hasting
going fast
making haste
diving
plunging
steaming
hightailing it
getting cracking
putting on some speed
putting one's foot down
speeding up
hurrying up
rolling
shaking a leg
vrooming
beetling
surging
going quickly
flitting
burning
expediting
dispatching
losing no time
flinging
really moving
making tracks
getting your skates on
accelerating
pressing on
quickening
jogging
moving quickly
pounding
boiling
getting moving
fast-tracking
spurting
pressing
pushing
stepping on gas
going like a bullet
going like a bomb
whipping along
moving along
covering ground
going like the wind
cracking
whistling
swooshing
waltzing
tripping
outstripping
skimming
sailing
riding
lashing
passing
skirring
pushing on
rushing at
moving fast
breaking
getting on it
making it snappy
slipping away
moving like greased lightning
chucking it down
booking it
beating it
plunging ahead
running like mad
gathering momentum
belting along
surging through
making a run for it
whishing
bestirring
putting foot
bursting
bulleting
beelining
sallying
smoking
spurring
bombing along
bowling over
gearing up
going all out
digging in
getting a wiggle on
making time
turning on steam
making short work of
pacing
leaping
expressing
skipping
fleeing
not losing a minute
wasting no time
whipping around
tearing along
taking wing
skedaddling
moving
cantering
ambling
loping
fluttering
doubling
jogtrotting
clearing out
dogtrotting
going
stirring
hopping it
advancing
lungeing
lunging
going faster
stepping up
revving up
getting faster
escaping
picking up speed
raging
decamping
fussing
struggling
cutting and run
contending
striving
skittering
precipitating
kiting
skiting
vying
jostling
running off
running away
dusting
splitting
vamoosing
retreating
increasing speed
scrabbling
scatting
leaving
making off
gathering speed
bugging out
cannoning
tooling
lighting out
picking up the pace
jockeying for position
absconding
departing
getting one's skates on
dogging it
getting out
storming
ploughingUK
running like the wind
romping
catapulting
throwing oneself
going headlong
launching oneself
proceeding
impelling
festinating
roaring
driving fast
going rapidly
plowingUS
streaming
flowing
gushing
running fast
busying yourself
rushing around
being busy
winding
gusting
cascading
hopping along
stepping along
firing up
sending forward
frolicking
gambolingUS
gambollingUK
going at top speed
tearing up the miles
going like greased lightning
traversing
pouring
going away
tearing out
starting
frisking
prancing
running very fast
heading
going briskly
going at breakneck speed
bucking up
moving rapidly
going by
passing by
moving forward
making yourself scarce
racking
hurdling
going like lighting
striding
tumbling
slooshing
flooding
stepping lively
rushing headlong
pitching
launching
rolling along
thrusting
floating
heaving
putting on a burst of speed
pumping
rushing off
speeding away
moving apace
geeing up
scramming
beating a retreat
taking flight
scraming
turning tail
scarpering
clearing off
running for it
levanting
skipping off
hooking it
railroading
forcing
revving
taking off
cutting out
heading for the hills
making a quick exit
beating a hasty retreat
making a break for it
peeling out
steamrollering
clambering
climbing
firing
kicking rocks
doing a fade
taking a powder
making oneself scarce
getting lost
going through
showing a clean pair of heels
flying the coop
doing a bunk
doing a runner
shooting through
passing rapidly
sending rapidly
swarming
battling
tussling
scuffling
scrimmaging
gaining momentum
moving faster
crawling
jockeying
competing
budging
scaling
trekking
driving faster
locomoting
looking alive
moving with difficulty
opening it up
putting on a spurt
surfacing
exerting
getting a wriggle on
stepping on the gas
exerting yourself
milling about
getting going
opening up the throttle
putting pedal to metal
putting on afterburners
putting your foot down
putting on speed
peeling rubber
opening up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move about or around quickly and randomly
flitting
darting
flickering
fluttering
flicking
springing
capering
dancing
skipping
hopping
dashing
tripping
flittering
flashing
prancing
bouncing
flying
frisking
zipping
gambollingUK
gambolingUS
scampering
flirting
running
skimming
scooting
playing
cavorting
bobbing
whisking
whizzing
rushing
speeding
floating
hovering
hurrying
swooping
passing
winging
sailing
scudding
sweeping
beetling
dipping
bounding
leaping
jumping
frolicking
romping
rollicking
sporting
loping
vaulting
curveting
curvetting
lolloping
caprioling
jigging
hurdling
larking
disporting
bolting
lungeing
lunging
galloping
diving
cantering
cutting capers
cutting loose
charging
sprinting
pouncing
clearing
stepping
skittering
leapfrogging
bucking
lopping
revelingUS
revellingUK
jumping over
negotiating
whooping it up
kicking up one's heels
fooling around
saltating
horsing around
tearing
scurrying
shooting
trotting
thrusting
breaking
jouncing
swinging
starting
surmounting
grazing
skirring
tiptoeing
fleeing
hurtling
wiggling
hippety-hopping
pitching
letting loose
springing over
carrying on
going on a tear
sailing over
leaping over
ascending
vaulting over
rising
kicking up your heels
skipping over
raising hell
striding
waltzing
jogging
startling
caracoling
spinning
rocking
horseplaying
roughhousing
jumping up
sliding
whirling
swaying
skylarking
dallying
toying
recreating
going places and do things
monkeying around
cutting up
treading lightly
running lightly
rioting
making merry
having fun
carousing
letting go
spreeing
overcoming
cutting a caper
cutting
kibitzing around
roistering
shaking
pogoing
jiggling
twitching
beating
mastering
conquering
wobbling
arching
bending
blowing the lid off
playing around
leaping up and down
springing up and down
bobbing up and down
jumping up and down
downing
jumping across
scaling
licking
flying over
bowing
spanning
curving
pole-vaulting
overarching
racing
lurching
bursting
driving
surging
leapfrogging over
soaring
overleaping
mounting
crossing over
going up
arising
hopping over
making for
setting upon
falling upon
moving suddenly
striking
launching oneself
attacking
ricocheting
skedaddling
glancing
ricochetting
caroming
hastening
stampeding
scrambling
hasting
making off
coursing
zooming
launching
spurting
plunging
careering
nipping
heaving
moving quickly
more ❯
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