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Synonyms for provisional
pro·vi·sion·al
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
provisional
Synonyms:
conditional, contingent, hypothetical, temporaryAntonyms:
unconditional, absolute, permanent, perpetual
Princeton's WordNet
probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentativeadjective
under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
"probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"
Synonyms:
provisionary, probationary, tentative, doubtfulAntonyms:
unconditional, unconditioned
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "provisional":
interim, temporary, tentative, terminable, pretrial, provisoire, preliminary, pre-trial, caretaker, tent.ative, transitional, staging-area, temporarily, draft, makeshift, casual
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2298 | draft | |
#3606 | temporary | |
#4833 | casual | |
#5048 | preliminary | |
#6464 | interim | |
#9438 | hypothetical | |
#9612 | temporarily | |
#9933 | conditional | |
#11333 | provisional | |
#11389 | transitional | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#15140 | tentative | |
#20066 | doubtful | |
#29139 | probationary | |
#31309 | caretaker | |
#37940 | pretrial | |
#43512 | makeshift | |
#154967 | terminable | |
#234439 | provisoire |
How to use provisional in a sentence?
The key for whoever is provisional president is to restore credibility to an electoral system which no longer has the trust of the Haitian people. Less than a quarter of all registered voters participated in October. In order to achieve this, first, there must be an investigation and verification of the October 25 vote.
We want to open it up for smaller nations to be able to have a worldwide event without complicated venues and expenses. Here they put up provisional venues. It is a low-budget project, we told them we don't want big opening ceremonies, big expensive venues. We want beach competitions where athletes are happy and enjoying themselves in their competitions.
You come out from the shadows. You receive a provisional work permit. You pay taxes. You don't receive federal government assistance. You learn English ...You work.
We are able to give the provisional results from the countryside (outside Bangui) on Sunday or Monday.
Based on counts released by the Secretary of State's office, Brian Kemp's margin is so large that the number of provisional ballots and overseas ballots will not change his Election Day victory, simply put, it is mathematically impossible for Stacey Abrams to win or force a run-off election.
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- provisionalCatalan, Valencian
- prozatímní, provizorníCzech
- provisorie, provisoriskDanish
- provisorischGerman
- προσωρινόςGreek
- provisionalSpanish
- provisoire, temporaireFrench
- provvisionale, provvisorio, provvisoriaItalian
- provisoreschLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- provisório, provisóriaPortuguese
- временныйRussian
- провизоран, prìvremen, prȍvizōran, прѝвременSerbo-Croatian
- provisoriskSwedish
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