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short-term
adjective as in temporary
Weak matches
- Band-Aid
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- make-do
- makeshift
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- short-range
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
Example Sentences
This revealed short-term correlations invisible to traditional investors.
“While nothing is guaranteed, it typically pays to look beyond the short-term noise and stay diversified,” Ash noted.
The human brain is wired to reward short-term pleasure over longer-term goals, Preston said.
"The politicians are responsible for making him even more powerful. For their short-term interests, they have put Pakistan's long-term interests at stake," he told AFP.
Some have questioned the wisdom of relying on borrowing to drive a short-term economic boost, saying that efforts are not being made to tackle painful structural reforms.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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