temporary
Syllables: tem·po·raryUK/ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi//ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/
temporary adjective: not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
Adjective
temporary (comparative more temporary, superlative most temporary)
- Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
- Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.
- Synonyms:
- temporal, impermanent
- Antonyms:
- eternal, unending, neverending
- Existing only for a short time or short times.
Noun
temporary (plural temporaries)
- One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.
- A short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.
- Synonyms:
- temp
temporary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
temporary in Hindi
- for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
- अस्थायी asthāyī
temporary in Tamil
- தற்காலிக, சிறிது காலம் நீடிக்கும், நிலையற்ற, இடைக்கால, தற்காலிகமான
temporary in Marathi
- तात्पुरती, तात्पुरते, तात्पुरता
temporary in Urdu
- temporary
- عارضی ʿārizī
More languagesFewer languages
- temporary in Bengali
- অস্থায়ী ôsthayi
- temporary in Telugu
- తాత్కాలికం tātkālikaṁ
- temporary in Malayalam
- താത്കാലികം
- temporary in Kannada
- ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ, ಹಂಗಾಮಿ, ಅಲ್ಪಕಾಲಿಕ, ಅರೆಕಾಲಿಕ
- temporary in Punjabi
- ਵਕਤੀ vaktī
- temporary in Gujarati
- ઉપરચોટિયું uparcoṭiyũ
- temporary in Odia
- ଅସ୍ଥାଯ଼ୀ, କ୍ଷଣସ୍ଥାଯ଼ୀ
- temporary in Nepali
- अस्थायी
- temporary in Tagalog
- pansamantala
- temporary in Arabic
- مُؤَقَّت muʔaqqat
- temporary in Persian
- زمانهور zamānevar
- temporary in Vietnamese
- tạm thời, lâm thời
- temporary in Myanmar
- ယာယီ yayi
Examples of temporary in a sentence
- Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.
- Licking their wounds after a temporary defeat, they planned their next move.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
Synonyms of temporary
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Antonyms
Forms of temporary
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more temporary |
| superlative | most temporary |
| alternative form (obsolete) | tempory |
| Noun | |
| plural | temporaries |
Origin of temporary
Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”).
Words formed from temporary
Phrases with temporary
Questions about temporary
- What does temporary mean?
- Temporary means not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
- What is temporary in Hindi?
- Temporary in Hindi is अस्थायी (asthāyī). See Temporary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is temporary?
- Temporary can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce temporary?
- Temporary is pronounced /ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/ (UK).
Words near temporary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: temporary (page history and authors); temporary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); temporary (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); عارضی (Urdu) (page history and authors); অস্থায়ী (Bengali) (page history and authors); temporary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); temporary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵਕਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ઉપરચોટિયું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); temporary (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); temporary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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