temps

Short-term office help

Temps is the plural of temp, a worker hired on a temporary basis, usually through an employment agency: The office brought in temps during tax season.

As a verb, to temp is to work such jobs: She temped for a year after college.

duration

interim

Provisional in-between phase

momentary · short-term · impermanent · makeshift · stopgap · ephemeral · transitory · brief · passing · limited

workers

staffing

Providing personnel for positions

seasonal · substitute · fill-in · assignment · placement · gig · short-term · hired · on-call · manpower

weather

forecast

Prediction of future conditions

high · low · seasonal · average · record · daily · overnight · daytime · drop · rise

musical

beat

Rhythmic pulse or strike

  • cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
  • rhythmPatterned stress and silence
  • paceSpeed of movement

timing · allegro · andante · adagio · presto · moderato · conductor · metronome · movement · passage

measurement

thermometer

Heat-measuring instrument

heat · cold · mercury · scale · thermostat · pyrometer · thermal · calibration · boiling · freezing

Categories
Opposites
employment permanence

tempssalaried employees

Workers receiving fixed regular pay

lifers · staff · regulars · permanent staff · permanents

organizational status

tempsinsiders

Those with special access

company men · executives · management · team members · partners

Phrases
Family

temporary, temperature, tempo, temperate, temporal, contemporary, temperance, temp, temporize

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G