Synonyms for interim
ˈɪn tər əmin·ter·im

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1. interim, meantime, meanwhile, lagadjective

   the time between one event, process, or period and another

   "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"

   Synonyms:
   stave, slowdown, lag, retardation, meantime, meanwhile

   Antonyms:
   permanent, lasting

2. interimadjective

   serving during an intermediate interval of time

   "an interim agreement"

   Antonyms:
   permanent, lasting

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1. interimnoun

   Synonyms:
   interval, intermediate time, mean time

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1. List of paraphrases for "interim":

   provisional, temporary, acting, transitional, tentative, intermediate, a.i., mid-term, caretaker, intermediary, preliminary, progress, terminable, transition, precautionary, meantime, intermediaries, pretrial, intérimaire, pre-trial, medium-term, interlocutory, temporarily, interval, idler, intermediates, stepping-stone, provisoire, makeshift, tent.ative

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1. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

   This is why we determined to take precautionary interim steps while this investigation is still ongoing. ISIL is out there now, active in a lot of different areas, and so while this investigation is pending -- and cause we have this group claiming responsibility -- we believe it's significant to do these things on an interim basis and to tell the public that we've done this, we want the public to know that our aviation security officials are very much focused on this.

2. Senate Intel:

   More than 30 aides to President Donald Trump have been stripped of access to top secret intelligence, two people familiar with the move said. The officials have been notified that they will be downgraded to lower-level ‘secret’ interim security clearances, said the two people. … All of the officials whose clearances were downgraded held the top secret designation on an interim basis. [Chief of Staff John Kelly] set a new policy that took effect last week that permits interim clearances only at the secret level and not permitting temporary clearances at higher levels. … Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley this week called for answers from the White House and the FBI about reports that dozens of top officials still lacked a full security clearance and that some them, including [Jared Kushner], had access to the highly classified President’s Daily Brief prepared by intelligence agencies.

3. John Sotos:

   John Sotos described this as a routine, planned interim checkup... the question is why would they plan an interim checkup ? In other words, if John Sotos state of health in February is so good, why would there be the need for an interim ? we obviously haven't had a full explanation of the decision-making that went into this.

4. Margrethe Vestager:

   It doesn't necessarily say that now we have all cases lined up where interim measures will be used but it means that the tool is on the table, and if we find cases that live up to the two things that have to be fulfilled at the same time, yes, we will indeed use interim measures more often.

5. John Manly:

   John Engler has always treated survivors as the enemy. John Engler took actions to obstruct and undermine criminal investigations of Michigan State Universitys interim president and Michigan State Universitys interim president administration by the Michigan attorney general.