temporary

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. not permanent; not lasting

- temporary housing

Similar word(s): acting, ephemeral, fugacious, passing, transient, transitory, episodic, evanescent, improvised, makeshift, interim, shipboard, temporal, terminable, working, unstable, impermanent

2. lacking continuity or regularity

- employed on a temporary basis

Similar word(s): irregular

noun

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

Similar word(s): temp

Definition categories: person, worker