temporary

1. 1.

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

   Synonymstemptemporary worker

   Broaderworker

   Narrowerhobo

Other forms of temporary

plural

temporaries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about temporary

What does temporary mean?

temporary means "not permanent; not lasting". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in temporary?

temporary has 4 syllables: tem-po-rar-y. The stress falls on "tem". In IPA it is /ˈtɛmpɚˌɛɹi/.

What is another word for temporary?

Close synonyms include impermanent, irregular, temp, temporary worker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is temporary a common word?

temporary is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with temporary?

21 words rhyme with temporary. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.