temporary

Speech parts

1. temporary - Noun

2. temporary - Adjective

3. temporary - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

impermanent acting brief passing irregular short-lived interim provisional transient makeshift momentary fleeting transitory stopgap short-term
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Antonyms

sufi long-term evergreen long final continued
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Hyponyms

hobo migrant worker

Phrases with the word

temporary resident temporary peace temporary injunction temporary solution temporary owner temporary route

Examples

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it. Germaine Greer

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. Lance Armstrong

Life is a temporary stop, death is the journey home. Vietnamese Proverb

Compromise is always a temporary achievement. Chinese Proverb

To ask is a temporary shame; not to ask, an eternal one. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

temporarily inactive temporarily unavailable temporariness temporary absence temporary absence from work temporary agency