for the moment
For now only
For the moment means temporarily or for now, with the implication that circumstances may change: For the moment, we're safe.
The phrase suggests a provisional state—what's true now may not hold later.
It often introduces a situation being accepted despite uncertainty: Let's set that aside for the moment.
For a limited time
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
short-term · preliminary · conditional · for now · working · placeholder · holding · standby
Lasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- briefShort in duration
- passingMoving by or temporary
- short-livedLasting only briefly
impermanent · transitory · evanescent · temporary · quick · volatile · vanishing · fading
The present moment
- presentGift or current moment
- currentlyAt this moment
- presentlyAt the current time
- todayThis present day
at present · right now · instant · immediacy · real-time · this instant · as of now · at this time
temporarily
For a limited time
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
- stopgapTemporary substitute measure
makeshift · short-term · preliminary · conditional · for now · working · placeholder · holding · standby · pending
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
short-lived · impermanent · transitory · evanescent · temporary · quick · volatile · vanishing · fading · fugitive
now
The present moment
today · at present · right now · instant · immediacy · real-time · this instant · as of now · at this time · contemporaneous
for the momentpermanently
In an unchanging manner
forever · for good · eternally · indefinitely · in perpetuity
for the momentdefinitively
With final authority
conclusively · irrevocably · finally · decisively · for certain
for the momentalways
At all times
at all times · constantly · perpetually · invariably · without exception
moment, theory, momentary, foresee, forthcoming, momentum, theorem, momentarily, forsake