The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FLEETING , but the solution may also be EVANESCENT which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in New York Times).
Ephemeral crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FLEETING | 29 % | 8 |
| EVANESCENT | 29 % | 10 |
| BRIEF | 14 % | 5 |
| TRANSIENT | 7 % | 9 |
| WRITTENONTHEWIND | 7 % | 16 |
| PASSING | 7 % | 7 |
| TRANSITORY | 7 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ephemeral
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- transitory
- short-lived
- transient
- impermanent
- fugacious
- temporary
- passing
- fleeting
- brief
- transitional
- short
- perishable
Crossword Answer definitions
FLEETING verb- To float.
- To pass over rapidly; to skim the surface of.
- To hasten over; to cause to pass away lightly, or in mirth and joy.
- To flee, to escape, to speed away.
- To evanesce, disappear, die out.
- To move up a rope, so as to haul to more advantage; especially to draw apart the blocks of a tackle.
- (of people) To move or change in position.
- To shift the position of dead-eyes when the shrouds are become too long.
- To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.
- To take the cream from; to skim.
- Passing quickly; of short duration.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FLEETING
More clues leading to the result EVANESCENT
- Fleeting
- Fleeting.
- Tending to fade away.
- Ephemeral
- Vanishing
- Not here for long
- Fading
- Not exactly carved in stone
More clues leading to the result BRIEF
- Concise
- Fleeting
- Short and sweet
- To the point
- Court filing
- Bring up-to-date
- Short-winded
- It may be filed
- Attorney's submission
- Judge's reading
More clues leading to the result TRANSIENT
- Fleeting
- Bedouin
- Short-lived
- Not permanent.
- Here today; gone tomorrow.
- Hotel guest.
- Overnight guest in a motel.
- He's here today, gone tomorrow.
- Fleeting.
- Here today, gone tomorrow.
More clues leading to the result WRITTENONTHEWIND
More clues leading to the result PASSING
- Playing catch.
- Going by.
- Making the grade.
- Like a so-so grade
- Transitory
- Making the grade
- Like A through D
- Ephemeral
- Alternative to rushing
- Place for leaving slow drivers behind [blin...