Synonyms for provisory
- codicillary
- contingent
- depending on
- fortuitous
- granted on certain terms
- guarded
- iffy
- incidental
- inconclusive
- limited
- modified
- not absolute
- obscure
- provisional
- qualified
- relative
- reliant
- relying on
- restricted
- restrictive
- subject to
- tentative
- uncertain
- with grain of salt
- with reservations
- with strings attached
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dependent
adjective. contingent, determined by
hypothetical
adjective. guessed, assumed
- academic
- assumptive
- casual
- concocted
- conditional
- conjecturable
- conjectural
- contestable
- contingent
- debatable
- disputable
- doubtful
- equivocal
- imaginary
- imagined
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- postulated
- presumptive
- presupposed
- pretending
- problematic
- provisory
- putative
- questionable
- refutable
- speculative
- stochastic
- supposed
- suppositional
- suppositious
- suspect
- theoretic
- theoretical
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- vague
pro tem
adjective. temporary
- Band-Aid
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- interim
- limited
- make-do
- makeshift
- momentary
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
provisional
adjective. contingent, tentative
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