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| 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: | 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: | ephemeral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | momentary, passing |
| Synonyms: | brief, episodic, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, fugitive, impermanent, short, short-lived, temporary, transient, transitory, volatile, fugacious, unenduring |
| Antonyms: | enduring, eternal, everlasting, interminable, lasting, long, permanent, perpetual |
| Main Entry: | evanescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | transient |
| Synonyms: | brief, fading, fleeting, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporary, tenuous, vanishing, disappearing |
| 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: | fleeting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, transient |
| Synonyms: | cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, flash in the pan*, flitting, flying, fugitive, impermanent, meteoric, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, sudden, temporary, transitory, vanishing, volatile, fugacious |
| Antonyms: | constant, continual, endless, enduring, lasting, lengthy, long, permanent, perpetual, long-lived |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fly-by-night |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unreliable and shady |
| Synonyms: | brief, cowboy*, disreputable, dubious, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, impermanent, irresponsible, momentary, passing, questionable, shady, shifty, short-lived, slimy*, slippery*, temporary, treacherous, undependable, unprofessional, unreliable, unsure, untrustworthy, here-today-gone-tomorrow, not to be relied upon, not to be trusted, trustless |
| Antonyms: | dependable, reliable, reputable, responsible, trustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fugitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fleeing, transient |
| Synonyms: | brief, criminal, elusive, ephemeral, errant, erratic, evanescent, fleeting, flitting, flying*, hot*, impermanent, momentary, moving, passing, planetary, short*, short-lived, temporary, transitory, unstable, volatile, wandering, wanted, avoiding, escaping, evading, fugacious, lamster, on the lam, running away |
| Antonyms: | confronting, facing, permanent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | migrant/migratory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moving, traveling |
| Synonyms: | casual, changing, errant, gypsy, immigrant, impermanent, itinerant, mobile, nomad, nomadic, peripatetic, ranging, roving, temporary, tramp, transient, unsettled, vagabond, vagrant, wandering, drifting, emigrating, immigrating, migrative, migratorial, on the move, passing over, passing through, seasonal, shifting, transmigratory |
| Antonyms: | staying |
| Main Entry: | momentary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, fleeting |
| Synonyms: | cursory, dreamlike, ephemeral, evanescent, flitting*, flying, fugitive, hasty, impermanent, impulsive, instantaneous, passing, quick, short, short-lived, spasmodic, summary, temporary, transient, transitory, vanishing, volatile, flashing, fugacious, gone in flash, in wink of an eye, like lightning, shifting |
| Notes: | momentary means fleeting, brief; momentous means significant and having great consequence |
| Antonyms: | lasting, long-lasting, permanent, staying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | passing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, casual |
| Synonyms: | cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugitive, hasty, impermanent, momentary, quick, shallow, short, short-lived, slight, superficial, temporary, transient, transitory, fugacious, glancing |
| Antonyms: | lasting, long-lasting, permanent |
| 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: | short-lived |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not around for long |
| Synonyms: | brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fly-by-night, fugitive, impermanent, momentary, passing, quick, short, temporary, transient, transitory, deciduous, fugacious, gone in a heartbeat, of short duration, over in a heartbeat, short-haul, short-run, short-term |
| Antonyms: | enduring, ethereal, lasting, lengthy, permanent, long-lived |
| Main Entry: | standby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substitute |
| Synonyms: | assistant, backup, deputy, double, relief, replacement, reserve, stalwart, stand-in, sub*, successor, temporary, understudy, fill-in, pinch-hitter, temp |
* = 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: | 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: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something that takes the place of another |
| Synonyms: | agent, alternate, assistant, auxiliary, backup, delegate, deputy, double, dummy, equivalent, expedient, ghost, ghost writer, makeshift, proxy, recourse, refuge, relay, relief, replacement, representative, reserve, resort, resource, stand-in, standby, stopgap*, sub*, successor, supply, surrogate, symbol, temporary, understudy, vicar, changeling, dernier ressort, expediency, fill-in, locum, locum tenens, pinch-hitter, procurator, succedaneum, supplanter, temp, temporary expedient |
| Antonyms: | permanent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flitting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | transitory |
| Synonyms: | ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, temporary |
| Main Entry: | tentative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conditional, experimental |
| Synonyms: | acting, conjectural, contingent, dependent, iffy*, indefinite, makeshift, on trial, provisional, speculative, subject to change, temporary, test, trial, undecided, unsettled, ad interim, not final, not settled, open for consideration, probationary, provisionary, provisory, unconfirmed |
| Antonyms: | certain, decisive, definite, final, sure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | alternate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | substitute |
| Synonyms: | alternative, another, backup, different, makeshift, second, surrogate, temporary, interchanging |
| Antonyms: | necessary |
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