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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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