momentariness, ephemeralness, evanescence, volatility, fugacity, fugitiveness; mortality, perishability, corruptibility, unendurability, nonpermanence; mutability, changeableness, changefulness, alterability, variableness, permutability, inconstancy; unstableness, unfixedness, unsteadiness, unsettledness,
transient, adj. transitory, impermanent, temporary, temporal, fly-by-night; brief, short, short-lived, momentary, here today and gone tomorrow; ephemeral, evanescent, volatile, passing, fleeting, meteoric; fugitive, fugacious, fading, flitting, vanishing; caducous, perishable, mortal, corruptible, unendurable, unenduring, nonpermanent; mutable, changeable, changeful, alterable, variable, permutable, inconstant; unstable, labile, unfixed, unsteady, unsettled,
transit, n. 1. passage, passing, traverse, crossing; movement, progress, motion, going; transition, change, becoming, turning into, conversion; switch, shift, change-over; assimilation, assumption, naturalization, acclimatization; flight, migration, transmigration, emigration, immigration, deportation; journey, voyage.
2. conveyance, transportation, transport, Chiefy Brit, carriage; carrying, portage, cartage, haulage, shipment, ferriage, freightage, truckage; transference, transfer, transferal; transmission, transmittance, sending.
transition, n. movement, passage, passing, progress; motion, saltation, jump, leap; switch, shift, shifting, change-over; change, gradation, becoming, turning into, conversion, transformation, transmutation, metastasis; alteration, modulation, modification,
transitional, adj. changing, developmental, becoming, transitionary; provisional, temporary, impermanent, nonpermanent, passing; unstable, labile, unfixed, unsettled,
transitory, adj. impermanent, temporary, shortlived, ephemeral, fleeting, unenduring, transient. See - transient.
translate, v. 1. transliterate, transcribe, render, interpret; paraphrase, reword.
2. explain, elucidate, clear up, make clear, spell out, Inf. put in plain words or English.
3. transform, transmute, transmogrify, transfigure, transubstantiate, metamorphose; convert, alter, change; remold, remodel, recast, reconstruct.
4. transfer, transport, convey, forward, remove, move; send, dispatch, ship.
translation, n. 1. transliteration, transcription, interpretation.
2. version, rendition, rendering, transcript; paraphrase.
3. transformation, transmutation, transmogrification, transfiguration, transubstantiation, metamorphosis, Obs. transposition; conversion, alteration, change; reconstruction, remodeling.
4. transferal, transference, transportation, conveyance, removal; explanation, elucidation.
translator, n. linguist, polygot; interpreter, interpo lator, exegete, oneirocritic; metaphrast, paraphrast, paraphraser.
translucent, adj. 1. limpid, lucent, pellucid, trans-lucid, diaphanous.
2. intelligible, understandable, comprehensible; lucid, luculent, clear, crystal-clear, plain, distinct,
transmigration, n. 1. migration, transhumance, emigration, passage, trek, journey, peregrination, pilgrimage; trip, tour, excursion, jaunt, junket, expedition, sally.
2. metempsychosis, reincarnation, rebirth, Hindu Myth, avatar.