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temp
adjective as in makeshift
adjective as in pro tem
Weak matches
- Band-Aid
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- interim
- limited
- make-do
- makeshift
- momentary
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
adjective as in short-range
Strongest match
Weak matches
- Band-Aid
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- interim
- limited
- make-do
- makeshift
- momentary
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- short-term
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
adjective as in short-term
Weak matches
- Band-Aid
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- make-do
- makeshift
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- short-range
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
adjective as in stopgap
adjective as in temporary
Strong matches
noun as in assistant
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in fill in
Weak match
noun as in helper
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in lieutenant
Strong matches
noun as in reliever
Strongest match
Strong matches
noun as in standby
noun as in substitute
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in succorer
Strong matches
Example Sentences
She kept her long-term temp job at Deutsche Bank throughout that first season, wanting to ensure she could make her rent if the show got axed.
Roles were automated away, or increasingly, replaced by temps and consultants.
Spoon over the orange-zest-and-fennel squash — warm or room temp — and hit it with a pinch of flaky salt.
All you have to do is let the cheesecake thaw for an hour or two at room temp before serving.
Serve it slightly warm or at room temp, preferably outside, with something cold and no reason to hurry.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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