temporary
Here then gone
Temporary means lasting only for a limited time, not permanent.
A temporary job ends after a set period.
A temporary fix works for now but isn't the final solution.
Temporary housing shelters people until they find something lasting.
The noun refers to a worker hired for a short-term assignment: The office brought in a temporary to cover her maternity leave.
Of limited duration
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- impermanentNot meant to last
- briefShort in duration
- passingMoving by or temporary
short-lived · transitory · finite · limited · terminable · seasonal · time-limited · bounded
Temporary substitute measure
- placeholderTemporary position marker
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- substituteReplacement for another
holding · caretaker · acting · bridging · transitional · intermediate · locum · understudy
Passing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
fugacious · elusive · dissolving · evaporating · disappearing · melting · wispy · gossamer
Hired construction professional
- freelanceSelf-employed project work
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- gigShort-term paid work
- tempProvisional worker, briefly
casual · hired · agency · part-time · on-call · secondment · assignment · placement
Uncertain and provisional
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- experimentalTesting new methods
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
preliminary · probationary · test · draft · working · exploratory · pending · contingent
Created without prior planning
- ad-hocFor a specific purpose
- band-aidAdhesive strip for cuts
- jerry-riggedCrudely assembled from scraps
- cobbled-togetherAssembled from random parts
rough-and-ready · thrown-together · lash-up · expedient · kludge · workaround · duct-tape · patched
short-term
Of limited duration
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- impermanentNot meant to last
- briefShort in duration
passing · short-lived · transitory · finite · limited · terminable · seasonal · time-limited · bounded · fixed-term
stopgap
Temporary substitute measure
- placeholderTemporary position marker
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
substitute · holding · caretaker · acting · bridging · transitional · intermediate · locum · understudy · relief
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
fading · fugacious · elusive · dissolving · evaporating · disappearing · melting · wispy · gossamer · insubstantial
contractor
Hired construction professional
temp · casual · hired · agency · part-time · on-call · secondment · assignment · placement · temping
tentative
Uncertain and provisional
- conditionalDependent on prerequisites
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- experimentalTesting new methods
pilot · preliminary · probationary · test · draft · working · exploratory · pending · contingent · revocable
improvised
Created without prior planning
- ad-hocFor a specific purpose
- band-aidAdhesive strip for cuts
- jerry-riggedCrudely assembled from scraps
cobbled-together · rough-and-ready · thrown-together · lash-up · expedient · kludge · workaround · duct-tape · patched · rigged
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- commitment levelscommitted, dedicated, devoted, loyal, faithful
- employment statushired, fired, employed, unemployed, retired
- temporarytemp job, interim, temp worker, provisional, stopgap
- work adjectivesfull-time, part-time, freelance, permanent, salaried
- temporary tattoosRemovable body art
- temporal lobesSide brain regions for hearing
- temporary housingNon-permanent place to live
- temporary workerStaff hired briefly
- temporary reliefFleeting alleviation of distress
- temporary structuresConstructions not meant to last
temporal, temporarily, contemporary, extemporaneous, contemporaneous, temporality, contemporaries, contemporaneously, temporally