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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Temporary \Tem"po*ra*ry\, adjective [L. temporarius, fr. tempus, temporis, time: cf. F. temporaire.] Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.
Temporary government of the city. --Motley.
{Temporary star}. (Astron.) See under {Star}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
temporary
adjective
1: not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" [syn: {impermanent}] [ant: {permanent}]
2: lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis" [syn: {irregular}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
142 Moby Thesaurus words for "temporary": acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, alternative, backup, band-aid, blue-collar worker, breadwinner, brittle, capricious, casual, casual laborer, changeable, common laborer, corruptible, counterfeit, dangerous, day laborer, deciduous, desultory, dummy, dying, employee, ephemeral, equivalent, ersatz, evanescent, factory worker, fading, fake, fickle, fleeting, flitting, flunky, fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, free lance, free-lancer, fugacious, fugitive, full-time worker, hand, hazardous, imitation, impermanent, impetuous, improvisational, improvised, impulsive, inconstant, industrial worker, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, interim, jackleg, jobber, jobholder, jury-rigged, laborer, laboring man, make-do, makeshift, makeshifty, menial, migrant, mock, moiler, momentary, mortal, mutable, navvy, nondurable, nonpermanent, office temporary, passing, perilous, perishable, phony, pinch, precarious, pro tem, pro tempore, proletarian, provisional, provisory, proxy, reserve, risky, roustabout, salaried worker, secondary, self-employed person, servant, shaky, shifting, shifty, short-lived, slippery, spare, stiff, stopgap, substitute, supply, temporal, tentative, ticklish, toiler, token, transient, transitive, transitory, treacherous, undependable, undurable, unenduring, unfaithworthy, unreliable, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy, utility, vicarious, volatile, wage earner, wage slave, wageworker, worker, workgirl, workhand, working girl, workingman, workingwoman, workman
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