Provisional Synonyms and Antonyms

prə-vĭzhə-nəl
Intended, used, or present for a limited time
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. temporary
  2. impermanent
  3. transient
  4. interim
  5. short-range
  6. passing
  7. short-term
  8. ephemeral
Antonyms:
  1. definite
  2. permanent
  3. certain
Temporarily assuming the duties of another
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. acting
  2. ad interim
  3. interim
  4. pro tem
  5. temporary
Provided or serving only for the time being.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. temporary

Words Related to Provisional

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Provisional Sentence Examples

  • A provisional convention was granted to a German company by the Porte, and an irade was obtained in 1902.

  • Sulla's dictatorship was the form taken by a provisional government.

  • An agricultural reform initiated by the provisional Government aims at the distribution of the fallow lands of the large estates and the better exploitation of the land.

  • It was useless to attempt to found permanent institutions; everything was provisional and for the moment.

  • Provisional accounts of the excavations have appeared during the excavations in the Bulletin de correspondence hellenique.

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