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temporary

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of temporary

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

  • summer workers looking for temporary accommodations in private homes
Synonyms of temporary

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

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 temporary

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 temporary

long-term, permanent

2 lasting only for a short time

  • a temporary lapse of memory
Synonyms of temporary

brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory
Words Related to temporary

little, short, shortish

acting, interim, provisional, short-term
Near Antonyms of temporary

lifelong

continuing, durable, persistent

imperishable, indefectible, indestructible
Antonyms of temporary

ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, lasting, long-lived, permanent, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending

3 serving in a position for the time being

  • the temporary head of the sales division
Synonyms of temporary

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

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

long-term, permanent

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