| temporary | | |
| n. (person) | 1. temp, temporary, temporary worker | a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis. |
| ~ worker | a person who works at a specific occupation.; "he is a good worker" |
| adj. | 2. impermanent, temporary | not permanent; not lasting.; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" |
| ~ acting | serving temporarily especially as a substitute.; "the acting president" |
| ~ ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transitory, transient | lasting a very short time.; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" |
| ~ episodic | limited in duration to a single episode.; "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers" |
| ~ evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor.; "evanescent beauty" |
| ~ fly-by-night | ephemeral.; "the symphony is no fly-by-night venture" |
| ~ improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift | done or made using whatever is available.; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" |
| ~ interim | serving during an intermediate interval of time.; "an interim agreement" |
| ~ pro tem, pro tempore | for the time being.; "he is the president pro tem"; "designated him to act as consul protempore" |
| ~ shipboard | casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship.; "shipboard romances" |
| ~ temporal | not eternal.; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment" |
| ~ terminable | capable of being terminated after a designated time.; "terminable employees"; "a terminable annuity" |
| ~ working | adopted as a temporary basis for further work.; "a working draft"; "a working hypothesis" |
| ~ unstable | lacking stability or fixity or firmness.; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy" |
| adj. | 3. irregular, temporary | lacking continuity or regularity.; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis" |
| ~ part-time, parttime | involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity.; "part-time employees"; "a part-time job" |
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