for the time being
Just right now
For the time being means for now, with the understanding that circumstances may change: We're staying in a rental for the time being.
The phrase suggests a temporary arrangement rather than a permanent state, often implying that something better or different lies ahead.
- for nowAt this time
- meantimeIntervening time interval
- provisionalConditional and possibly temporary
- pro temTemporarily in place
- currentlyAt this moment
just for now · temporary · interim · ad hoc · stopgap · transitory · makeshift · short-term · at present · tentative · pending · betweentimes · for the moment · momentary · waiting · now · until further notice · substitute
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- Temporarilybriefly, temporarily, for now, meanwhile, in the meantime
- time sayingscarpe diem, seize the day, better late than never, tempus fugit, haste makes waste
for the time beingpermanently
In an unchanging manner
forever · for good · in perpetuity · eternally · once and for all
for the time beingdefinitively
With final authority
irrevocably · conclusively · finally · decisively · irreversibly
for the time beingalways
At all times
ever · evermore · from now on · henceforth · hereafter
time, being, timeless, foresee, timely, therefore, timetable, beings, forbear