Synonyms for temp
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : temp |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɛmp |
Top 10 synonyms for temp Other synonyms for the word temp
- abettor
- accessory
- accomplice
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- adherent
- adjunct
- adjutant
- agent
- aid
- ally
- alternate
- alternative
- appointee
- assistant
- auxiliary
- backer
- Band-Aid
- changeable
- changeling
- coadjutant
- coadjutor
- collaborator
- confederate
- cooperator
- delegate
- dernier ressort
- double
- dummy
- emergency
- ephemeral
- equivalent
- evanescent
- expediency
- expedient
- fellow worker
- fill-in
- fleeting
- flunky
- follower
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- gal Friday
- ghost
- ghost writer
- girl Friday
- gofer
- help
- helper
- helpmate
- henchman
- hit-or-miss
- impermanent
- impromptu
- improvised
- interim
- limited
- locum
- locum tenens
- make-do
- makeshift
- man Friday
- mate
- momentary
- mortal
- overnight
- paraprofessional
- partner
- passing
- patron
- peon
- perishable
- pinch hitter
- pinch-hitter
- practical
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- procurator
- provisional
- provisory
- proxy
- quick-and-dirty
- recourse
- refuge
- relay
- relief
- reliever
- replacement
- representative
- reserve
- resort
- resource
- right-hand man/woman
- right-hand person
- rough-and-ready
- rough-and-tumble
- second
- secretary
- servant
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- short-range
- short-term
- slapdash
- stalwart
- stand-in
- standby
- stopgap
- sub
- subordinate
- substitute
- succedaneum
- successor
- succorer
- summary
- supplanter
- supply
- supporter
- surrogate
- symbol
- tactical
- temp
- temporary
- temporary expedient
- temporary worker
- throwaway
- transient
- transitory
- understudy
- unfixed
- unstable
- vicar
- volatile
Définition of temp
Origin :- 1909 (adj.), 1932 (n.), American English, shortened form of temporary (job, employee, etc.).
- As in makeshift : adj temporary
- As in stopgap : adj temporarily helping
- As in temporary : adj lasting only a short while
- As in pro tem : adj temporary
- As in short-range : adj temporary
- As in short-term : adj temporary
- As in assistant : noun helper
- As in standby : noun substitute
- As in substitute : noun someone or something that takes the place of another
- As in fill-in : noun substitute
- As in lieutenant : noun assistant
- As in reliever : noun helper
- As in succorer : noun helper
- As in helper : noun assistant
- You shouldn't ever have done this—running a temp and—— Good heavens, don't you want to get well?
- Extract from : « The Straw » by Eugene O'Neill
- You don't know where they want a near-plute as temp'rary office boy, do you?
- Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
- It appears that Mr. Lower has in his possession one or two seals, temp.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 » by Various
- One hour after this operation, the pulse was 140 and the temp.
- Extract from : « Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society » by Joseph Bradford Cox
- Dugdale says the first mention he found of the bell tower was temp.
- Extract from : « London Before the Conquest » by W. R. Lethaby
- Temp'ry, as Pippin never failed to assure himself, but pretty.
- Extract from : « Pippin; A Wandering Flame » by Laura E. Richards
- The estate was in the possession of the Hoghton family as early as temp.
- Extract from : « Lancashire » by Leo H. (Leo Hartley) Grindon
- We now arrive at the period of the enormous trunk-hose, temp.
- Extract from : « Chats on Costume » by G. Woolliscroft Rhead
- Women are known to have worked in the Derbyshire lead mines, temp.
- Extract from : « Women in Modern Industry » by B. L. Hutchins
- Cambridge, one of the revisers of the translation of the Bible temp.
- Extract from : « Diary of John Manningham » by John Manningham
Antonyms for temp
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