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interim

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of interim

1 intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time

  • putting up some students in local motels is obviously just an interim solution to the college's housing shortage
Synonyms of interim

ad interim, impermanent, provisional, provisionary, provisory, short-term, temporary
Words Related to interim

acting

alternate, proxy, substitute

expedient, improvised, makeshift

intermediary, intermediate, transitional

ephemeral, fleeting, fugitive, short-lived, transitory

conditional, contingent, limited, qualified, short-range, tentative

replaceable, terminable, terminate
Near Antonyms of interim

final, fixed, set, settled

unconditional, unlimited, unqualified

extended, lasting, long-range, standing

dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending
Antonyms of interim

long-term, permanent

2 serving in a position for the time being

  • will serve as interim head of the police department until the investigation is completed
Synonyms of interim

acting, ad interim, provisional, provisionary, provisory, temporary
Words Related to interim

alternate, backup, jackleg, make-do, makeshift, proxy, stopgap, substitute
Antonyms of interim

long-term, permanent

interim

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of interim

a break in continuity

  • there was a brief interim in the proceedings while everyone got organized
Synonyms of interim

discontinuity, gap, hiatus, hiccup (also hiccough), interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interstice, interval, parenthesis
Words Related to interim

caesura, comma, interspace, lag, pause, space, time lag, window

entrʼacte

bumper

adjournment, discontinuance, lapse, suspension

lull, recess, respite, rest

subinterval
Near Antonyms of interim

continuum, run, stretch

procession, progression
Antonyms of interim

continuation, continuity

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