Thesaurus / temporaries
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synonyms for temporaries
- backup
- replacement
- stand-in
- surrogate
- agent
- alternate
- assistant
- auxiliary
- changeling
- delegate
- deputy
- double
- dummy
- equivalent
- expediency
- expedient
- fill in
- ghost
- locum
- makeshift
- procurator
- proxy
- recourse
- refuge
- relay
- relief
- representative
- reserve
- resort
- resource
- standby
- stopgap
- sub
- succedaneum
- successor
- supplanter
- supply
- symbol
- temp
- temporary
- understudy
- vicar
- dernier ressort
- ghost writer
- locum tenens
- pinch-hitter
- temporary expedient
- alternate
- backup
- double
- replacement
- standby
- stand-in
- sub
- surrogate
- temp
- temporary
- understudy
- pinch hitter
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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to temporaries, such as: assistant, backup, deputy, double, fill in, and relief.
How to use temporaries in a sentence
For he had an ill-concealed contempt for all Temporaries; and that was perhaps one reason why we disliked him so much.
THE SECRET BATTLEA. P. HERBERTTemporaries never once saw their true vileness, he keeps on saying.
BUNYAN CHARACTERS (SECOND SERIES)ALEXANDER WHYTENevertheless, it did not, like most temporaries, attain its maximum brightness all at once.
A POPULAR HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURYAGNES M. (AGNES MARY) CLERKEI drank brandy at an age when most children lick sherbet, and made love while my co-temporaries were making mudpies.
THE PRUDE'S PROGRESSJEROME K. JEROMEAfter all that has been said, I fully admit that we are all Temporaries to begin with.
BUNYAN CHARACTERS (SECOND SERIES)ALEXANDER WHYTETemporaries are, no doubt, wounded for sin sometimes, but never in the right place nor to the right depth.
BUNYAN CHARACTERS (SECOND SERIES)ALEXANDER WHYTEAnd again, sin, and especially heart-sin, is never really bitter to Temporaries.
BUNYAN CHARACTERS (SECOND SERIES)ALEXANDER WHYTE