9
changeable(adjective, anxious, limited, unsettled, agitated)
9
cursory(adjective, time, brief, transitory, short-lived)
9
fickle(adjective, impulsive, unpredictable, changeableness, explosive)
9
fly-by-night(adjective, moving, idle, unsettled, exile)
8
fading(adjective, brief, transitory, short-lived)
8
flitting(adjective, brief, temporary, transitory, short-lived)
8
inconstant(adjective, anxious, nervous, unsettled, agitated)
8
migrant(noun, adjective, person, alien, visitor)
8
shifting(adjective, transientness)
8
unstable(adjective, anxious, limited, unsettled, agitated)
7
instantaneous(adjective, transientness)
7
meteoric(adjective, brief, immediate, instant, sudden)
7
migratory(adjective, moving, temporary)
7
nomadic(adjective, moving, anxious, idle, casual)
7
perishable(adjective, present, short, limited, brief)
7
provisional(adjective, temporary, tentative, contingent)
7
restless(adjective, content, about, changeableness)
6
capricious(impulsive, unpredictable, changeableness, explosive)
6
drifting(adjective, traveling)
6
erratic(adjective, impulsive, unpredictable, changeableness, explosive)
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