| brief(adjective, time, short, passing, transient) |
| short-lived(adjective, time, continue, short, brief) |
| fleeting(adjective, time, continue, brief, transient) |
| momentary(adjective, time, continue, brief, transient) |
| impermanent(adjective, moving, continue, casual, brief) |
| ephemeral(adjective, time, continue, short, brief) |
| passing(adjective, time, continue, short, brief) |
| transient(adjective, time, moving, continue, casual) |
| transitory(adjective, time, continue, short, brief) |
| short(adjective, time, present, brief, immediate) |
| fugitive(noun, adjective, time, continue, short) |
| evanescent(adjective, time, continue, short, brief) |
| provisional(adjective, continue, unsettled, substitute, tentative) |
| temporal(adjective, time, continue, transient, momentary) |
| stopgap(adjective, short, substitute, replacement, backup) |
| makeshift(adjective, unsettled, replacement, backup, substitution) |
| substitute(noun, adjective, present, short, reserve) |
| fugacious(adjective, time, continue, short, brief) |
| acting(adjective, continue, short, unsettled, substitute) |
| interim(adjective, present, continue, short, substitute) |