Entry Word: temporary

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time <summer workers look for temporary accommodations in private homes> <a temporary cook until a permanent replacement can be found>

Synonyms impermanent, interim, provisional, short-term

Related Words acting; alternate, proxy, substitute; expedient, improvised, makeshift; intermediary, intermediate, transitional; ephemeral, short-lived, transitory; conditional, contingent, limited, qualified, short-range, tentative; replaceable, terminable

Near Antonyms final, fixed, set, settled; unconditional, unlimited, unqualified; extended, lasting, long-range, standing; dateless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, timeless, unending

Antonyms long-term, permanent

2 lasting only for a short time <a temporary lapse of memory> — see momentary