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What is another word for
temporary
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▲
Adjective
Lasting for a very short time
Acting in a provisional or interim capacity
Of or pertaining to migration
Working for oneself, rather than for an employer
Engaged from outside a particular group or organization
Occurring sporadically or intermittently
Not permanent
Incapable of being maintained or used over a long period of time
Noun
A person employed on a temporary basis
(
usually as modifier
)
A person or group of people replacing others who have been on duty
… more ▼
▲
Adjective
▲
Lasting for a very short time
brief
fleeting
passing
transitory
momentary
transient
ephemeral
evanescent
fugitive
impermanent
fugacious
quick
cursory
hasty
perfunctory
swift
flitting
hurried
instantaneous
interim
rushed
shifting
short
abrupt
curtailed
deciduous
fading
flying
meteoric
rapid
sudden
flash
limited
overnight
perishable
summary
vanishing
volatile
short-lived
short-term
fly-by-night
here today and gone tomorrow
flash in the pan
temporal
fast
little
lightning
unstable
shortlived
short-lasting
mutable
acute
tenuous
moving
flashing
elusive
short and sweet
gone in flash
unenduring
in wink of an eye
wee
non-permanent
not permanent
small
quickie
infinitesimal
succinct
impulsive
vaporous
fly by night
erratic
episodic
flighty
insubstantial
short and sharp
mortal
inconstant
short-run
short-haul
of short duration
incidental
superficial
desultory
over in a heartbeat
gone in a heartbeat
here-today-gone-tomorrow
glancing
here today, gone tomorrow
whirlwind
prompt
whistle-stop
double time
concise
terse
pointed
crisp
decreased
incisive
aphoristic
compendious
apothegmatic
compact
clipped
summarized
US
compressed
diminished
unprolonged
condensed
sententious
epigrammatic
lessened
truncated
shortened
compendiary
contracted
precise
economical
decurtate
sparing
laconic
breviloquent
synoptic
abbreviate
curt
thumbnail
pithy
curtate
abridged
bare
abbreviated
boiled down
not protracted
cut short
in few words
to the point
in a nutshell
cut to the bone
in a few well-chosen words
summarised
UK
more ❯
“I suffered from a
temporary
shock to the senses before I composed myself.”
Adjective
▲
Acting in a provisional or interim capacity
interim
provisional
makeshift
provisionary
provisory
stopgap
impermanent
impromptu
substitute
acting
caretaker
slapdash
transitional
alternate
intervening
temp
transient
changeable
unfixed
short-term
ad hoc
fill-in
stand-in
make-do
non-permanent
ad interim
rough-and-ready
pop-up
band-aid
pro tem
pro tempore
for the time being
reserve
replacement
surrogate
emergency
standby
improvised
passing
brief
substitutive
alternative
short-lived
supplementary
backup
ephemeral
deputy
throwaway
pinch-hitting
short
relief
expedient
momentary
proxy
supply
supplemental
fleeting
auxiliary
tentative
evanescent
transitory
fugacious
fugitive
limited
changeover
overnight
second-string
ersatz
extra
locum
spare
ancillary
additional
supernumerary
quick-and-dirty
rough and ready
volatile
unstable
extemporary
extempore
shifting
perishable
jury
working
summary
adoptive
mortal
short-range
new
expediential
second
foster
fall-back
present
vanishing
holding
conditional
contingent
fallback
dummy
fly-by-night
thrown-together
thrown together
cobbled together
hit-or-miss
in reserve
in-between
practical
instant
immediate
jury-rigged
secondary
back-up
another
other
cover
subsidiary
sub
surplus
complementary
accessory
supporting
free
fresh
assistant
in store
different
possible
understudy
redundant
superfluous
unused
support
non-standard
adjutant
delegated
leftover
optional
supererogatory
duplicate
peripheral
accessorial
contributory
appurtenant
adjuvant
adjunct
subordinate
junior
associate
back up
lesser
lower
subservient
attendant
younger
minor
inferior
smaller
lowly
youngest
under
less
lower-level
second-rate
low-ranking
second-class
low-grade
lower-ranking
second-fiddle
vice-
less important
sub-
more ❯
“This is only a
temporary
measure until we find a more viable solution.”
Adjective
▲
Of or pertaining to migration
migrational
casual
changing
drifting
emigrating
errant
gypsy
immigrant
immigrating
impermanent
itinerant
migrant
migrative
migratorial
mobile
nomad
nomadic
peripatetic
ranging
roving
seasonal
shifting
tramp
transient
unsettled
vagabond
vagrant
wandering
transmigratory
on the move
passing over
passing through
migratory
travelling
UK
expatriate
moving
migrating
floating
roaming
displaced
homeless
traveling
US
Adjective
▲
Working for oneself, rather than for an employer
freelance
casual
independent
irregular
unaffiliated
ad hoc
self-employed
free agent
non-staff
part-time
weekend
evening
occasional
jobbing
job-sharing
intermittent
inconstant
fitful
episodic
spasmodic
sporadic
unsteady
choppy
spotty
cyclical
erratic
impermanent
episodical
inconsistent
periodical
discontinuous
seasonal
periodic
uncertain
patchy
outside
aperiodic
outsourced
on again and off again
on and off
on-and-off
in fits and starts
Adjective
▲
Engaged from outside a particular group or organization
outside
external
independent
casual
foreign
freelance
hired
visiting
consultant
consulting
peripatetic
advisory
alien
non-resident
third-party
from elsewhere
jobbing
freelancing
entrepreneurial
self-employed
working for oneself
self-starting
out-of-house
your own boss
Adjective
▲
Occurring sporadically or intermittently
seasonal
sporadic
irregular
periodic
intermittent
erratic
fitful
spasmodic
episodic
spotty
choppy
random
cyclical
casual
cyclic
scattered
punctuated
limited
on and off
on-and-off
in fits and starts
stop-and-go
on again and off again
occasional
unsteady
periodical
aperiodic
episodical
discontinuous
fragmentary
infrequent
interrupted
shifting
now and then
isolated
recurring
patchy
recurrent
odd
broken
alternate
isochronal
isochronous
epochal
checked
iterative
rhythmical
arrested
metrical
discontinuing
iterant
rhythmic
serial
hit-or-miss
every other
part-time
here and there
by bits and pieces
fluctuating
on-again, off-again
variable
sometimes
inconstant
not often
incidental
impermanent
inconsistent
off and on
uncertain
freelance
outside
outsourced
rare
when the mood strikes
chance
accidental
fluky
fortuitous
contingent
disconnected
continual
catchy
alternating
stop-go
uneven
desultory
uncommon
on-again-off-again
seldom
unfrequent
haphazard
disrupted
disjointed
scattershot
weekend
evening
unusual
scarce
exceptional
changeable
unstable
unsettled
capricious
semioccasional
jerky
few
shaky
unexpected
disordered
job-sharing
unconnected
uncontinuous
in bits and pieces
disturbed
unpredictable
rambling
impulsive
wandering
intervallic
restless
convulsive
twitching
flickering
broken up
uncustomary
herky-jerky
unlikely
aberrated
aberrant
unaccustomed
jobbing
abnormal
atypical
anomalous
freak
outré
rarefied
lone
single
arbitrary
unconventional
surprising
uncharacteristic
unorthodox
unique
unwonted
unheard of
stray
out of the common
out of the ordinary
catch-as-catch-can
helter-skelter
especial
sometime
exclusive
particular
specific
special
few and far between
not habitual
volatile
varying
wavering
changing
unreliable
unsystematic
nonuniform
unmethodical
indiscriminate
unequal
eccentric
designless
aimless
unpunctual
purposeless
unconsidered
staggered
ever-changing
up and down
off-and-on
non-periodic
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not permanent
nonpermanent
Adjective
▲
Incapable of being maintained or used over a long period of time
unsustainable
unmanageable
unmaintainable
unsuitable
unfeasible
unworkable
indefensible
unjustifiable
unsanctionable
untenable
unverifiable
unviable
unendurable
brief
fleeting
implausible
Noun
▲
A person employed on a temporary basis
temp
temporary worker
office temporary
short-term employee
“I've just found a job as a
temporary
at the local bank.”
Noun
▲
(
usually as modifier
)
A person or group of people replacing others who have been on duty
relief
replacement
cover
reserve
substitute
backup
stand-in
fill-in
standby
proxy
stopgap
surrogate
deputy
locum
alternate
delegate
makeshift
sub
supply
temp
understudy
locum tenens
stand-by
pinch hitter
pinch-hitter
designated hitter
double
temporary worker
supply teacher
casual worker
spare
alternative
auxiliary
representative
successor
extra
second
fallback
equivalent
DH
second string
substitution
office temporary
temporary secretary
succedaneum
ancillary
secondary
fall-back
reinforcement
body double
ring-in
backfill
someone else
supplanter
placeholder
changeling
depute
assistant
temporary expedient
accompaniment
support
agent
expedient
substitute agent
resort
resource
expediency
recourse
factor
refuge
scab
blackleg
strikebreaker
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