Fleeting

Quick meaning: Fleeting is an adjective meaning Passing quickly; of short duration.

Meaning

Passing quickly; of short duration.

More Meanings

1. That which flees, especially quickly; fugitive.
2. present participle and gerund of fleet
3. (US, rail transport) An automatic operation mode of an absolute signal that reserves a route for several trains following one another, without the need for dispatcher to re-set the route for each train.

Example Sentences

And I am inspired afresh to pursue the stunning beauty of Christ rather than the fleeting beauty of this world.

For starters, we see examples all the time of some middle-aged men trying to hang onto their own fleeting youth by sporting younger women on their arms.

During the fleeting summer months of his field season, when the outer vestiges of winter melted briefly, there were ponds and pools and lakes of water everywhere.

As they passed, accelerating, on to the bridge and felt the first bite of the incline beyond, one had a fleeting glimpse of driver and fireman, illumined as by the fires of hell, the one tugging at the regulator handle, the other shovelling for dear life.

Synonyms for fleeting

Depending on context, synonyms include transient, ephemeral, fugacious, earthly, brief, deciduous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include momentary, momentaneous, moving, short, fugitive, transient.

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