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| Main Entry: | provisional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contingent, tentative |
| Synonyms: | conditional, dependent, ephemeral, experimental, interim, limited, makeshift, passing, qualified, rough-and-ready, stopgap*, temporary, test, transient, pro tem, provisionary, provisory, transitional |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, permanent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | substituting in a role |
| Synonyms: | adjutant, alternate, assistant, deputy, interim, pro tempore, provisional, surrogate, temporary, ad interim, delegated, pro tem |
| Antonyms: | permanent |
| Main Entry: | ad hoc |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | for a specific purpose |
| Synonyms: | impromptu, provisional, special, specific, specified |
| Main Entry: | circumstantial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incidental |
| Synonyms: | coincidental, concomitant, concurrent, conjectural, contingent, detailed, fortuitous, inconclusive, indirect, inferential, presumptive, provisional, uncertain, amplified, environmental |
| Antonyms: | direct |
| Main Entry: | comparative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | approximate, close to |
| Synonyms: | analogous, approaching, comparable, conditional, connected, contingent, corresponding, equivalent, like, matching, metaphorical, near, parallel, provisional, qualified, related, relative, restricted, similar, allusive, by comparison, contrastive, correlative, in proportion, not absolute, not positive, rivaling, vying, with reservation |
| Notes: | positive is the ordinary form of a word, with comparative conveying the sense of greater intensity of the adjective and superlative reflecting the greatest intensity of the adjective |
| Antonyms: | unequal, unlike |
| Main Entry: | conditional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dependent |
| Synonyms: | contingent, depending on, fortuitous, guarded, iffy*, incidental, inconclusive, limited, modified, obscure, provisional, qualified, relative, restricted, restrictive, subject to, tentative, uncertain, codicillary, granted on certain terms, not absolute, provisory, reliant, relying on, with grain of salt, with reservations, with strings attached |
| Antonyms: | independent, unconditional, unlimited, unqualified, unrestricted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | empirical/empiric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical; based on experience |
| Synonyms: | experimental, factual, observed, pragmatic, provisional, experient, experiential, observational |
| Antonyms: | hypothetical, impractical, speculative, theoretical, unobserved |
| Main Entry: | experimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exploratory |
| Synonyms: | beginning, empirical, laboratory, momentary, pilot, preliminary, preparatory, primary, provisional, speculative, temporary, tentative, test, trial, developmental, experiential, first stage, on approval, probationary, trial-and-error, unconcluded, under probation, unproved |
| Antonyms: | tested, tried, proven |
| Main Entry: | interim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
| Synonyms: | acting, caretaker*, improvised, intervening, makeshift, pro tempore, provisional, stopgap, ad interim, pro tem, thrown-together |
| Antonyms: | continual, permanent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | introductory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preliminary, first |
| Synonyms: | anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, incipient, initial, opening, original, prefatory, preparatory, primary, prior, provisional, rudimentary, starting, inaugural, inductive, initiatory, precursory, prelusive, preparative, proemial |
| Antonyms: | ending, final, last, concluding, finishing |
| Main Entry: | makeshift |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
| Synonyms: | alternative, expedient, hit-or-miss*, provisional, quick-and-dirty*, slapdash*, stopgap, substitute, Band-Aid, make-do, temp, throwaway |
| Antonyms: | complete, finished, permanent, ready |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | questionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, uncertain |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, apocryphal, arguable, contingent, controversial, cryptic, debatable, disputable, dubious, enigmatic, equivocal, fishy*, hypothetical, iffy*, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, moot, mysterious, obscure, occult, oracular, problematic, provisional, shady, suspect, suspicious, undefined, unreliable, unsettled, vague, controvertible, dubitable, hard to believe, open to doubt, open to question, paradoxical, problematical, unconfirmed, under advisement, under examination, unproven |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, indisputable, sure, undoubted, unquestionable, proven |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stopgap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporarily helping |
| Synonyms: | emergency, expedient, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, practical, provisional, rough-and-ready, substitute, temporary, Band-Aid, rough-and-tumble, temp, throwaway |
| Antonyms: | completed, finished, permanent, solved |
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at the mercy of; answerable |
| Synonyms: | accountable, apt, at one's feet, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub*, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable |
| Antonyms: | master |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alternative |
| Synonyms: | acting, additional, alternate, another, artificial, backup, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, experimental, false, imitation, makeshift, mock, near, other, provisional, proxy, pseudo*, replacement, representative, reserve, second, sham, simulated, spurious, stopgap*, supplemental, supplementary, surrogate, symbolic, temporary, tentative, vicarious, substitutive, supposititious, vicarial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | temporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lasting only a short while |
| Synonyms: | acting, ad hoc, alternate, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugitive, impermanent, interim, limited, makeshift*, momentary, mortal, passing, perishable, pro tempore, provisional, short, short-lived, slapdash*, stopgap*, substitute, summary, supply, transient, transitory, unstable, volatile, Band-Aid, ad interim, for the time being, fugacious, make-do, overnight, pro tem, provisory, shifting, temp, unfixed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transient/transitory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary, brief |
| Synonyms: | changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night*, flying, fugitive, impermanent, insubstantial, momentary, moving, passing, provisional, short, short-lived, temporal, unstable, volatile, deciduous, emigrating, fugacious, going by, migrating, short-term, transmigratory, vacating |
| Antonyms: | enduring, incessant, lasting, long-lasting, permanent, persistent, undying, neverending |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | experimental |
| Synonyms: | balloon, pilot, preliminary, provisional, tentative, test, testing, exploratory, probationary |
| Antonyms: | definite, known, proven |
| Main Entry: | empirical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical |
| Synonyms: | experimental, factual, observed, pragmatic, provisional, speculative, empiric, experient, experiential, observational |
| Antonyms: | conjectural, hypothetical, impractical, theoretical, theoretic, unobserved, unproved |
| Main Entry: | transient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
| Synonyms: | brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, fugitive, impermanent, insubstantial, momentary, moving, passing, provisional, short, short-lived, temporal, transitory, unstable, volatile, deciduous, emigrating, fugacious, going by, migrating, short-term, transmigratory, vacating |
| Antonyms: | enduring, lasting, permanent |
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