Temporary

Adjective

 * 1) For a limited time, ephemeral, not constant; transient

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Noun

 * 1) One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.

Synonyms

 * temp

Adverbs for Temporary
fortunately; merely; definitely; presumably; luckily; unfortunately; probably; presumably; definitely; supposedly; allegedly.

Thesaurus
acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, alternative, backup, band-aid, blue-collar worker, breadwinner, brittle, capricious, casual, casual laborer, changeable, common laborer, corruptible, counterfeit, dangerous, day laborer, deciduous, desultory, dummy, dying, employee, ephemeral, equivalent, ersatz, evanescent, factory worker, fading, fake, fickle, fleeting, flitting, flunky, fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, free lance, free-lancer, fugacious, fugitive, full-time worker, hand, hazardous, imitation, impermanent, impetuous, improvisational, improvised, impulsive, inconstant, industrial worker, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, interim, jackleg, jobber, jobholder, jury-rigged, laborer, laboring man, make-do, makeshift, makeshifty, menial, migrant, mock, moiler, momentary, mortal, mutable, navvy, nondurable, nonpermanent, office temporary, passing, perilous, perishable, phony, pinch, precarious, pro tem, pro tempore, proletarian, provisional, provisory, proxy, reserve, risky, roustabout, salaried worker, secondary, self-employed person, servant, shaky, shifting, shifty, short-lived, slippery, spare, stiff, stopgap, substitute, supply, temporal, tentative, ticklish, toiler, token, transient, transitive, transitory, treacherous, undependable, undurable, unenduring, unfaithworthy, unreliable, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy, utility, vicarious, volatile, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, worker, workgirl, workhand, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman

Etymology
From temporarius:, from tempus:

Adjective

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 暫時, 战时 (zhànshí)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: midlertidig
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: väliaikainen, ohimenevä, hetkellinen (1)
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 臨時の (りんじの, rinji no)
 * Korean: 일시적인 (ilsijeokin)
 * Northern Sami: gaskaboddosaš
 * Norwegian: midlertidig
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: తాత్కాలికం (taatkaalikaM)

Noun

 * Danish:
 * Finnish: määräaikainen työntekijä


 * French: