Definition of transient

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• transient is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
• transient is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
• transient is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of transient

• lasting a very short time (adjective)

  Examples

  1. youth's transient beauty

  Synonyms

  1. ephemeral
  2. fugacious
  3. passing
  4. short-lived
  5. transitory
• of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. transeunt
• one who stays for only a short time (noun)

  Examples

  1. transient laborers
• (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load (noun)

See definition of transient in Merriam Webster