temporary

adjective

1 temporary accommodations | the temporary captain:

nonpermanent, short-term, interim;

provisional, pro tem, makeshift, stopgap;

acting, fill-in, stand-in, caretaker;

Latin ad interim, pro tempore.

▷antonyms permanent.

2 a temporary loss of self-control:

brief, short-lived, momentary, fleeting, passing, impermanent, here today and gone tomorrow, transient, transitory, ephemeral, evanescent, fugitive;

rare fugacious.

▷antonyms lasting.