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

irregular impermanent temp ley short working deputy acting passing brief experimental quick alternate jury temporarily

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Antonyms

sufi long-term evergreen final continued strong

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Hyponyms

hobo migrant worker

Phrases with the word

temporary help temporary worker temporary agency temporary solution temporary state temporary resident

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