temporary

Meaning

Adj

1. Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
2. Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.

Noun

1. One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.
2. A short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.

Concepts

temporary

provisional

interim

impermanent

transient

momentary

transitory

makeshift

passing

ad hoc

tentative

fleeting

temporal

ephemeral

occasional

acting

substitute

brief

improvised

temp

for the time being

pro tem

short-lived

irregular

temporary worker

provisory

casual

occasionally

for a while

draft

seasonal articles

extraordinary

special

substituting

stopgap

intere

short term

ad interim

ambulatory

dummy

t

tactical

temp.

evanescent

false

for a short time

shakedown temperary

for a time

momentarily

fugacious

brush shelter

of the moment

arrangement

solution

limited in time

alternate

deputy

fill-in

locum

locum tenens

pinch hitter

replacement

surrogate

adventitious

momentaneous

unassigned

pro tempore

semipermanent

for a moment

odd

temporality

while

initiation

introduction

preamble

preliminary

preparative

preparatory

awhile

modern

Hyphenated as

tem‧po‧rary

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”).

Sentences

The bridge was closed for weeks until temporary repairs were completed .