Dictionary Definition
provisional adj : under terms not final or fully
worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional
government"; "just a tentative schedule" [syn: probationary, provisionary, tentative]
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Translations
temporary
- Czech: provizorní , prozatímní
- German: provisorisch
- Portuguese: provisório , provisória
- Swedish: provisorisk
Noun
- a postage stamp used locally before an official issue is released.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accidental, ad hoc, adventitious, aleatory, alternate, alternative, backup, band-aid, casual, circumstantial, conditional, contingent, counterfeit, cut-and-try,
dangerous, dependent, desultory, dummy, empirical, equivalent, ersatz, experimental, fake, fixed, forehanded, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, given, hazardous, heuristic, hit-or-miss,
imitation, improvisational,
improvised, incidental, inessential, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, interim, jury-rigged, makeshift, makeshifty, mock, nonessential, occasional, perilous, phony, pilot, pinch, precarious, precautional, precautionary, precautious, preparative, preparatory, prerequisite, pro tem,
probationary,
probative, probatory, propaedeutic, provident, proving, provisory, proxy, qualified, reserve, risky, rough-and-ready,
rough-and-tumble, secondary, shaky, shifting, shifty, slippery, spare, specificative, specified, stated, stipulated, stipulatory, stopgap, substitute, temporary, tentative, test, testing, ticklish, token, transitional, treacherous, trial, trial-and-error, trying, undependable, unessential, unfaithworthy, unreliable, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy, utility, verificatory, vicarious