Another word for temporary
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Adjective
Lasting or existing only for a short time
- Existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary:
- Passing with time; transitory:
- Remaining in a place only a brief time:
- Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time.
- Of, relating to, or limited by time:
- Of or relating to the material world; worldly:
- Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing:
- Living or lasting only a short time; ephemeral.
- Moving by; going past:
- Of brief duration; transitory:
- Cursory or superficial; casual:
- Lasting for only a moment.
- Occurring or present at every moment:
- Short-lived or ephemeral, as a life.
- Running away or fleeing, as from the law.
- Of or relating to fugitives:
- Lasting only a short time; fleeting:
- Passing away quickly; evanescent.
- Withering or dropping off early.
- Passing quickly; ephemeral:
- A number of warships operating together under one command.
- A group of vessels or vehicles, such as taxicabs or fishing boats, owned or operated as a unit.
- Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
- Lasting for a markedly brief time:
- Having a short lifespan or a short annual period of aboveground growth. Used especially of plants.
- Something, especially a plant, that is ephemeral.
Intended, used, or present for a limited time
- Involving or lasting a relatively brief time.
- Payable or reaching maturity within a relatively brief time, such as a year:
- Acquired over a relatively brief time:
- Designed for or limited to short distances:
- Of or relating to the near future:
- Provided or serving only for the time being.
- Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
- A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment:
- An interval of time between one event, process, or period and another.
- Belonging to, serving during, or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary:
- Not lasting or durable; not permanent.
See also:Temporarily assuming the duties of another
- Provided or serving only for the time being.
- Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
- A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment:
- Pro tempore.
- An interval of time between one event, process, or period and another.
- Belonging to, serving during, or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary:
- During or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary:
- Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another.
- The occupation of an actor.
- Performance as an actor.
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Another word for temporary
Modifier
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- Pro tempore.
- Liable or subject to death; not immortal:
- Of or relating to humans as being subject to death:
- Causing death; fatal:
- Living or lasting only a short time; ephemeral.
- Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another.
- The occupation of an actor.
- Performance as an actor.
- Provided or serving only for the time being.
- Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
- A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment:
- Subject to decay, spoilage, or destruction.
- Items, especially foodstuffs, that are subject to decay or spoilage:
- Tending strongly to change:
- Not constant; fluctuating:
- Wavering or fickle:
- Liable to change; capricious:
- Being such that alteration is possible:
- Varying in color or appearance when seen from different angles:
- Contrary to rule, accepted order, or general practice:
- Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention:
- Not straight, uniform, or symmetrical:
- Not lasting or durable; not permanent.
- An interval of time between one event, process, or period and another.
- Belonging to, serving during, or taking place during an intermediate interval of time; temporary:
- Lasting for, extending over, or remaining during a night:
- For use over a single night or for a short journey:
- Mailed for guaranteed delivery on the next day:
- One that takes the place of another; a replacement:
- A word or construction used in place of another word, phrase, or clause.
- To put or use (a person or thing) in place of another:
- Suitable as a temporary or expedient substitute:
- A temporary or expedient substitute for something else:
- An improvised substitute for something lacking; a temporary expedient.
- Serving as a stopgap:
- Passing away quickly; evanescent.
- Withering or dropping off early.
- Lasting for only a moment.
- Occurring or present at every moment:
- Short-lived or ephemeral, as a life.
- A brief statement mentioning the main points of something:
- Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise:
- Performed speedily and without ceremony:
- Moving by; going past:
- Of brief duration; transitory:
- Cursory or superficial; casual:
- Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.
- Capable of being readily vaporized.
- Tending to vary often or widely, as in price:
- Running away or fleeing, as from the law.
- Of or relating to fugitives:
- Lasting only a short time; fleeting:
- Vanishing or likely to vanish like vapor.
- Lasting for a markedly brief time:
- Having a short lifespan or a short annual period of aboveground growth. Used especially of plants.
- Something, especially a plant, that is ephemeral.
- Short in time, duration, length, or extent.
- Succinct; concise:
- Curt; abrupt:
- Having little length; not long.
- Having little height; not tall.
- Extending or traveling not far or not far enough:
- Passing quickly; ephemeral:
- Passing with time; transitory:
- Remaining in a place only a brief time:
- Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time.
- Existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary:
Synonym Study
- Acting is applied to one who temporarily takes over the powers of a regular official during the latter's absence a vice-president often serves as acting president
- Ad interim refers to an appointment for an intervening period, as between the death of an official and the election of a successor
- Provisional is specifically applied to a government (or to its officers) established for the time being in a country, a newly formed nation, etc. until a permanent government can be formed
- Temporary applies to a post held (or to the person holding such a post) for a limited time, subject to dismissal by those having the power of appointment a temporary mail carrier
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