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Antonyms for temporaries
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : tem-puh-rer-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i |
Definition of temporaries
Origin :- 1540s, from Latin temporarius "of seasonal character, lasting a short time," from tempus (genitive temporis) "time, season" (see temporal). The noun meaning "person employed only for a time" is recorded from 1848.
- As in standby : noun substitute
- As in substitute : noun someone or something that takes the place of another
- As in fill-in : noun substitute
- After all that has been said, I fully admit that we are all Temporaries to begin with.
- Extract from : « Bunyan Characters (Second Series) » by Alexander Whyte
- Nevertheless, it did not, like most temporaries, attain its maximum brightness all at once.
- Extract from : « A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century » by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
- For he had an ill-concealed contempt for all Temporaries; and that was perhaps one reason why we disliked him so much.
- Extract from : « The Secret Battle » by A. P. Herbert
- Temporaries are, no doubt, wounded for sin sometimes, but never in the right place nor to the right depth.
- Extract from : « Bunyan Characters (Second Series) » by Alexander Whyte
- And again, sin, and especially heart-sin, is never really bitter to Temporaries.
- Extract from : « Bunyan Characters (Second Series) » by Alexander Whyte
- Temporaries never once saw their true vileness, he keeps on saying.
- Extract from : « Bunyan Characters (Second Series) » by Alexander Whyte
Synonyms for temporaries
- agent
- alternate
- assistant
- auxiliary
- backup
- changeling
- delegate
- deputy
- dernier ressort
- double
- dummy
- equivalent
- expediency
- expedient
- fill-in
- ghost
- ghost writer
- locum
- locum tenens
- makeshift
- pinch hitter
- pinch-hitter
- procurator
- proxy
- recourse
- refuge
- relay
- relief
- replacement
- representative
- reserve
- resort
- resource
- stalwart
- stand-in
- standby
- stopgap
- sub
- succedaneum
- successor
- supplanter
- supply
- surrogate
- symbol
- temp
- temporary
- temporary expedient
- understudy
- vicar
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