Synonyms for perishable
ˈpɛr ɪ ʃə bəlper·ish·able

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1. perishableadjective

   Synonyms:
   shortlived, ephemeral

   Antonyms:
   unperishable, imperishable

2. perishableadjective

   Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

   Synonyms:
   shortlived, ephemeral

   Antonyms:
   unperishable, imperishable

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. perishable

   Synonyms:
   frail, evanescent, fragile, destructible, fleeting, transient, ephemeral, impermanent

   Antonyms:
   enduring, lasting, indestructible, imperishable, persistent, perpetual, permanent, permanent

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1. perishable, spoilableadjective

   food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated

   Synonyms:
   spoilable

   Antonyms:
   imputrescible, perdurable, indestructible, imperishable, undestroyable, durable

2. perishableadjective

   liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay

   "this minute and perishable planet"; "perishable foods such as butter and fruit"

   Antonyms:
   perdurable, undestroyable, imputrescible, indestructible, durable, imperishable

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. perishableadjective

   Synonyms:
   destructible, decaying, liable to decay

2. perishableadjective

   Synonyms:
   dying, mortal

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1. perishableadjective

   Synonyms:
   destructible, impermanent, mortal

   Antonyms:
   imperishable, permanent

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1. List of paraphrases for "perishable":

   perishables, time-sensitive, decaying

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1. Staples Center president Lee Zeidman:

   We will catalog and box up all the non-perishable items like T-shirts, letters, basketballs, other toys, stuffed animals, and we're going to put them in containers and ship them to Kobe Bryant and the family.

2. H Hahn Blavatsky:

   Desire nothing, Chafe not at fate, nor at Nature's changeless laws. But struggle only with the personal, the transitory, the evanescent and the perishable.

3. Isabel Maples:

   Perishable foods should not be out for more than one hour when it's hot out, and that includes the time traveling to the beach if the food is unrefrigerated in your vehicle's trunk.

4. Gulfport Police Department -RRB- Woodman:

   Inside the mini-bus, officers found a bin of mostly perishable food that had been left unrefrigerated. There was a five-gallon bucket near the front door that was designated as a makeshift toilet and a propane tank inside the passenger area. The children had no clothing other than what they were wearing.

5. Amir Hazar:

   The potato is a perishable crop and we can’t keep it in the field or our homes more than a month.