temp
Short-term office help
Temp is short for temporary, used as a noun and verb.
A temp is a worker hired for a limited time, usually through an agency: The office brought in temps during tax season.
To temp is to work such jobs: She temped for a year after graduating.
In casual speech, temp can abbreviate temperature: What's the temp outside?
Passing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- briefShort in duration
- short-livedLasting only briefly
- impermanentNot meant to last
passing · ephemeral · transitory · provisional · interim · volatile · unstable · changeable
Replacement for another
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- contractorHired construction professional
- agencyPower to act
- staffingProviding personnel for positions
placement · assignment · short-term · interim · freelance · seasonal · casual · gig
Heat-measuring instrument
- readingInterpreting written text
- degreesUnits of measurement
- gaugeStandard of measurement
- sensorInput-detecting device
scale · digital · analog · probe · calibration · mercury · infrared · thermostat
Having elevated temperature
- pyrexiaElevated body temperature
- elevatedRaised above usual level
- fluContagious respiratory illness
- illnessState of poor health
infection · chills · sweating · inflammation · virus · sickness · malaise · bodyache
Rising planetary temperatures
- climate changePlanetary atmospheric transformation
- greenhouse effectAtmospheric heat retention mechanism
- weather patternsRecurring atmospheric conditions
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
ice caps · sea levels · carbon emissions · heat waves · meteorology · polar vortex
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- briefShort in duration
- short-livedLasting only briefly
impermanent · passing · ephemeral · transitory · provisional · interim · volatile · unstable · changeable · fluctuating
substitute
Replacement for another
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- contractorHired construction professional
- agencyPower to act
staffing · placement · assignment · short-term · interim · freelance · seasonal · casual · gig · hired
cold
Low temperature state
frosty · crisp · wintry · icy · frigid · biting · raw · drafty · shivery · glacial
thermometer
Heat-measuring instrument
sensor · scale · digital · analog · probe · calibration · mercury · infrared · thermostat · monitor
feverish
Having elevated temperature
illness · infection · chills · sweating · inflammation · virus · sickness · malaise · bodyache · headache
global warming
Rising planetary temperatures
- climate changePlanetary atmospheric transformation
- greenhouse effectAtmospheric heat retention mechanism
- weather patternsRecurring atmospheric conditions
atmosphere · ice caps · sea levels · carbon emissions · heat waves · meteorology · polar vortex
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- casual workersday laborer, casual worker, gig worker, freelancer, hired hand
- substitutessubstitute, subs, replacement, substitutes, stand-in
- temporary rolesinternship, substitute, interim, substitute teaching, freelancing
- staffingstaffing, turnover rates, hiring, staffing firm, staffing agency
- temp workfill-ins, casual worker, substitutes, casual work, subs
temptenured
Granted permanent position
permanent staff · lifer · regular · fixture
- room temperatureStandard indoor thermal level
- temporary tattoosRemovable body art
- body temperatureInternal heat level
- temporal lobesSide brain regions for hearing
- high temperatureElevated thermal measurement
- water temperatureWarmth of a liquid
temporary, temperature, temperate, temporal, contemporary, temperament, tempered, temperance, temperatures