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temp
adjective as in makeshift
adjective as in pro tem
Weak matches
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- Band-Aid
- 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
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- Band-Aid
- 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
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- Band-Aid
- 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
noun as in succorer
Strong matches
Example Sentences
When Bridget Everett emailed Jeff Hiller asking if he’d be willing to audition for her TV show “Somebody Somewhere,” he was at his desk at a temp job, trying to figure out how to work Excel.
Cook until internal temperatures reaches desired temp.
And there was no musical piece — we looked, trust me — that could temp in for that montage.
Temp agencies are good sources of short-term gigs and of ideas for how to put Hollywood know-how to work in other industries.
Audience members at times hurled insults at officials and twice Mayor Pro Temp Cathy Warner ordered breaks amid the din.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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