temporary

1. Not permanent;
   Not lasting (synset 301760139)
   "politics is an impermanent factor of life"; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"
   also: unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness
   tells us about: permanence, permanency - the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
   similar to:

   • acting - serving temporarily especially as a substitute
   • ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory - lasting a very short time
   • episodic - limited in duration to a single episode
   • evanescent - tending to vanish like vapor
   • fly-by-night - ephemeral
   • improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift - done or made using whatever is available
   • interim - serving during an intermediate interval of time
   • pro tem, pro tempore - for the time being
   • shipboard - casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship
   • temporal - not eternal
   • terminable - capable of being terminated after a designated time
   • working - adopted as a temporary basis for further work
   same as: impermanent
2. Lacking continuity or regularity (synset 301093468)
   "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis"
   similar to: part time, part-time - involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity
   same as: irregular

1. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis (synset 110718911)
   is a type of: worker - a person who works at a specific occupation
   subtypes: hobo, migrant worker - a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places
   same as: temp, temporary worker

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