temporary
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
Types & categories
- worker hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
not permanent; not lasting
politics is an impermanent factor of life
Related & opposite
- unstable also see
- permanent antonym
- permanence attribute
- impermanence derivation
- temporariness derivation
- actinga similar to
- passing similar to
- episodic similar to
- evanescent similar to
- fly-by-night similar to
- makeshift similar to
- interim similar to
- pro tem similar to
- shipboard similar to
- temporal similar to
- terminable similar to
- workinga similar to
Sense 3 adjective
lacking continuity or regularity
an irregular worker
Related & opposite
- temporariness derivation
- part-time similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | worker |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unstable |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | permanent |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | permanence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | impermanence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | temporariness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | actinga |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | passing |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | episodic |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | evanescent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fly-by-night |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | makeshift |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | interim |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pro tem |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | shipboard |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | temporal |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | terminable |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | workinga |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | temporariness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | part-time |