Thesaurus:temporarily

Thesaurus

temporarily

English

Adverb

Sense: for a short period of time

Synonyms

• awhile
• briefly
• ephemerally
• fleetingly
• flickeringly
• for a minute
• momentarily
• momently (now literary)
• summarily
• temporarily
• transiently
• transitorily

Antonyms

• continuously    [⇒ thesaurus]
• durably
• long    [⇒ thesaurus]
• permanently
• forever    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• "for" + some synonyms from Thesaurus:eon
• for ages
• for an age
• for a long time
• for the long haul

See also

• Thesaurus:ephemeral
• Thesaurus:moment
• Thesaurus:transience

Further reading

• “111. transientness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “temporarily” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.