Synonyms for Temporary:

• adj.

  •acting (adjective)
  • operating,
  • functioning,
  • surrogate,
  • working,
  • performing,
  • practicing,
  • deputy,
  • pro tem.
  •all (adjective)
  • irregular,
  • temporary.
  •alternate (adjective)
  • second,
  • most backup,
  • more interchanging.
  •brief (adjective)
  • quickest,
  • quick,
  • short term,
  • most curtailed,
  • instantaneous,
  • shortterm,
  • more curtailed.
  •ephemeral (adjective)
  • more unenduring,
  • un-enduring,
  • episodic,
  • un enduring,
  • most unenduring.
  •evanescent (adjective)
  • dis appearing,
  • most disappearing,
  • dis-appearing,
  • more disappearing.
  •expedient (adjective)
  • stopgap.
  •experimental (adjective)
  • on approval,
  • unproved,
  • tester,
  • preliminary,
  • experiential,
  • trial-and-error,
  • under probation,
  • unconcluded,
  • developmental,
  • first stage,
  • probationary.
  •exploratory (adjective)
  • experimental.
  •fleeting (adjective)
  • flash in pan,
  • flash pan,
  • flash the pan.
  •fly-by-night (adjective)
  • here today gone tomorrow,
  • most cowboy,
  • un dependable,
  • un reliable,
  • most here today gone tomorrow,
  • un-reliable,
  • not to be relied up on,
  • dis reputable,
  • most trustless,
  • un professional,
  • not be relied up on,
  • more here-today-gone-tomorrow,
  • dis-reputable,
  • un-trustworthy,
  • more cowboy,
  • not be relied upon,
  • un sure,
  • fly by night,
  • un-professional,
  • un-dependable,
  • slimier,
  • more here today gone tomorrow,
  • not be trusted,
  • more trustless,
  • here-today-gone-tomorrow,
  • most here-today-gone-tomorrow,
  • un-sure.
  •fugacious (adjective)
  • fugacious.
  •fugitive (adjective)
  • wanted,
  • on the lam,
  • running away,
  • lamster,
  • Escaping.
  •lasting only a short while (adjective)
  • perishable,
  • for the time being,
  • ad hoc,
  • slapdash,
  • transient,
  • unstable,
  • shifting,
  • pro tempore,
  • changeable,
  • temp,
  • overnight,
  • summary,
  • make-do,
  • short,
  • band-aid,
  • limited,
  • supply,
  • unfixed,
  • volatile,
  • makeshift,
  • provisory,
  • mortal.
  •migrant/migratory (adjective)
  • more drifting,
  • more nomad,
  • most migratorial,
  • most seasonal,
  • more seasonal,
  • trampest,
  • most migrative,
  • peripatetic,
  • most drifting,
  • most nomad,
  • most emigrating,
  • more migrative,
  • gypsier,
  • un-settled,
  • more immigrant,
  • most immigrant,
  • most shifting,
  • gypsiest,
  • on move,
  • most vagrant,
  • nomad,
  • more immigrating,
  • most immigrating,
  • more migratorial,
  • more emigrating,
  • more vagrant,
  • un settled.
  •migratory (adjective)
  • migrational,
  • Transmigratory.
  •momentary (adjective)
  • gone flash,
  • like lightning,
  • more flashing,
  • most flashing,
  • in wink an eye,
  • in wink eye,
  • flashing,
  • in wink of eye.
  •passing (adjective)
  • more glancing,
  • most glancing.
  •provisional (adjective)
  • most provisionary,
  • de-pendent,
  • pro visional,
  • de pendent,
  • more transitional,
  • rough and ready,
  • pro-visionary,
  • pro-visional,
  • more provisionary,
  • pro visionary,
  • most transitional.
  •short-lived (adjective)
  • more short-run,
  • more deciduous,
  • most deciduous,
  • gone in heartbeat,
  • more short-haul,
  • more short run,
  • most shortrun,
  • short run,
  • most short haul,
  • most short-haul,
  • shortlived,
  • gone heartbeat,
  • most short-run,
  • shortrun,
  • gone a heartbeat,
  • most shorthaul,
  • over heartbeat,
  • more shorthaul,
  • short haul,
  • more shortrun,
  • shorthaul,
  • over in heartbeat,
  • over a heartbeat,
  • most short run,
  • more short haul,
  • short lived.
  •stopgap (adjective)
  • rough and tumble,
  • band aid.
  •substitute (adjective)
  • vicarial,
  • proxier,
  • Substitutive.
  •temporal (adjective)
  • chrono logical,
  • chrono-logical.
  •tentative (adjective)
  • more unconfirmed,
  • un confirmed,
  • subject change,
  • un-decided,
  • most unconfirmed,
  • in-definite,
  • unconfirmed,
  • un decided,
  • in definite,
  • un-confirmed.
  •transient (adjective)
  • fickle,
  • fading,
  • rootless,
  • short-term,
  • flickering,
  • mutable,
  • cursory,
  • restless.
  •transmigratory (adjective)
  • trans migratory,
  • trans-migratory.

• n.

  •
  • budding,
  • blue-collar,
  • designate,
  • creative,
  • auxiliary,
  • emeritus,
  • casual.
  •
  • continue,
  • compatible,
  • backward-compatible,
  • asynchronous,
  • Antivirus,
  • case-sensitive,
  • time,
  • fleet,
  • active,
  • clickable,
  • bursty,
  • best-of-breed,
  • compatibility.
  •
  • provisional.
  •
  • ad interim.
  •evanescent (noun)
  • evanescent.
  •fill-in (noun)
  • fillin.
  •impermanent (noun)
  • impermanent.
  •improvised (noun)
  • improvised.
  •interim (noun)
  • interim.
  •jury-rigged (noun)
  • jury-rigged.
  •part-time (noun)
  • part-time.
  •standby (noun)
  • Temps,
  • pinch-hitter,
  • replacement,
  • stalwarts,
  • temporaries.
  •substitute (noun)
  • Succedanea,
  • fill-in,
  • vicar,
  • procurators,
  • locum,
  • supplanter,
  • dernier ressort,
  • succedaneum,
  • changeling,
  • standby,
  • temporary expedient,
  • changelings,
  • procurator,
  • locum tenens.
  •temporary (noun)
  • guest,
  • visiting,
  • terminable.
  •transitory (noun)
  • on the fly,
  • here today and gone tomorrow,
  • on the go,
  • on the wing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • awhile,
  • convertible,
  • tenuous,
  • skittish,
  • erratic,
  • floating,
  • turbulent,
  • adjustable,
  • little,
  • quickly,
  • momentarily,
  • fluid,
  • semipermanent,
  • ephemera,
  • caretaker,
  • short-range,
  • throwaway,
  • briefly,
  • kaleidoscopic,
  • uncertain,
  • inconstant,
  • protean,
  • negotiable,
  • curable,
  • draft.
  •
  • established,
  • elastic,
  • variable,
  • wooden,
  • migratory,
  • reversible,
  • arbitrary,
  • undivided.
  •evasive
  • elusive.
  •tentative
  • trial.

Paraphrases for Temporary:

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    temporaire, tempore.
  • Adjective
    extraordinary, freelance, part-time, contingent, precautionary, accidental.
  • Proper noun, singular
    permissions, Minorities, Les.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Les.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    short-lived, precarious, provisional, momentary, makeshift, fixed-term, Stop-gap, ephemeral, time-limited, temporarily, non-permanent, insecure, fragile, stepping-stone, non-regular, transitional, temporal, fleeting, tentative, brief.
  • Proper noun, singular
    provisional, temporarily, transitional, temporal, tempore, tentative.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    provisional, transitional, temporal, facultative, tentative.
  • Adverb
    temporarily.

Antonyms for Temporary:

• adj.

  • lasting only a short while
    lengthy, lasting, permanent, long-lived, enduring, unabridged, long.
  • Other antonyms:
    indestructible, long-term, durable, final, unfading, set, full-time, immortal, long-range, persistent, fixed, timeless, unlimited, continuing, extended, unconditional, unqualified, lifelong, Indefectible.