temporary

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of TEMPORARY

intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time <summer workers looking for temporary accommodations in private homes>

Synonyms ad interim, impermanent, interim, provisional, provisionary, provisory, short-term

Near Antonyms final, fixed, set, settled; unconditional, unlimited, unqualified; extended, lasting, long-range, standing; dateless, deathless, endless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, immortal, perpetual, timeless, undying, unending

Antonyms long-term, permanent

lasting only for a short time <a temporary lapse of memory>

Synonyms brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, passing, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory

Related Words little, short, shortish; acting, interim, provisional, short-term

Near Antonyms lifelong; continuing, durable, persistent; imperishable, indefectible, indestructible

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

serving in a position for the time being <the temporary head of the sales division>

Synonyms ad interim, interim, provisional, provisionary, provisory, temporary

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

Antonyms long-term, permanent

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