Qualities
Synonyms for temporary
Synonyms for temporary: irregular, interim and transient. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for temporary
Interchangeable with temporary in this sense
Audited under temporary's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one temporary carries in that sense.
- irregularadjective, in the sense "lacking continuity or regularity"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name temporary as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under temporary's own sense. The second reach temporary from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
lacking continuity or regularity
Employed on a temporary basis.
The true synonym
irregular
Same sentence, swapped: Employed on a irregular basis.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- alternative
- risky
- stiff
Where temporary turns up in the game
temporary is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where temporary is the trap
- riskyadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is bad, in the sense "not financially safe or secure", so temporary is there to be ruled out.
- tectonicadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is fundamental, in the sense "relating to a large-scale, structural shift", and temporary is one of the three tiles that lose.
- manifoldadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is myriad, in the sense "many and various in kind or number", so temporary is there to be ruled out.
Play temporary
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so temporary reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company temporary keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
temporary is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 3. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.