temporary - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

Synonyms

• temp
• temporary
• temporary worker

More generic

• worker

More specific

• hobo
• migrant worker

Adjective

lacking continuity or regularity

Synonyms

• irregular
• temporary

Related

• part time
• part-time

Adjective

not permanent; not lasting

Synonyms

• impermanent
• temporary

Related

• acting
• ephemeral
• episodic
• evanescent
• fly-by-night
• fugacious
• improvised
• interim
• jury-rigged
• makeshift
• passing
• pro tem
• pro tempore
• shipboard
• short-lived
• temporal
• terminable
• transient
• transitory
• working

Also See

• unstable

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