short term
Not lasting long
Short term refers to a relatively brief period of time, though the exact duration depends on context.
In finance, short-term investments might mature in under a year; in relationships, a short-term fling lasts weeks or months.
As an adjective (usually hyphenated), it modifies nouns: short-term memory, short-term goals, short-term parking.
The opposite is long term.
Limited in duration
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- passingMoving by or temporary
impermanent · provisional · interim · volatile · unstable · fluctuating · precarious · stopgap
temporary
Limited in duration
passing · impermanent · provisional · interim · volatile · unstable · fluctuating · precarious · stopgap · makeshift
lease
Temporary use contract
loan · deposit · bond · agreement · parking · storage · stay · booking · reservation · membership
summary
Condensed account of essentials
synopsis · outline · overview · digest · compact · compressed · epitome · precis · pithy · terse
- casual datingfling, hookup, friends with benefits, FWB, one-night stand
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- futureforthcoming, upcoming, coming, impending, imminent
- time periodsday, year, month, week, hour
- prison sentenceslife sentence, jail time, sentence length, life without parole, mandatory minimum
- risk tolerancerisk tolerance, risk appetite, risk averse, risk seeking, conservative
short termlong term
Lasting extended duration
long-term · extended · prolonged · lengthy · protracted
short termlong term
Lasting extended duration
long-range · long-run · strategic · far-sighted · generational
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