Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun transience

2 senses of transience

Sense 1
transience, transiency, transitoriness -- (an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
       => impermanence, impermanency -- (the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations)

Sense 2
brevity, briefness, transience -- (the attribute of being brief or fleeting)
       => duration, length -- (continuance in time; "the ceremony was of short duration"; "he complained about the length of time required")