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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>
Related Words 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
2
serving in a position for the time being <he was appointed provisional executor of the industrialist's vast estate>
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