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provisional

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of provisional

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

will form a provisional government until a new leader can be elected

Synonyms of provisional

ad interim, impermanent, interim, provisionary, provisory, short-term, temporary

Words Related to provisional

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 provisional

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 provisional

long-term, permanent

2 serving in a position for the time being

he was appointed provisional executor of the industrialist's vast estate

Synonyms of provisional

acting, ad interim, interim, provisionary, provisory, temporary

Words Related to provisional

alternate, backup, jackleg, make-do, makeshift, proxy, stopgap, substitute

Antonyms of provisional

long-term, permanent

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