Meanings
- not comparabletransitional
Iraq's government is interim.
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In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived.
1960 June, “Diesel locomotive operation on the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 374 - not comparabletemporary
You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.
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Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.
2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC SportSynonyms: provisional, caretaker
plural interims
- A transitional or temporary period between other events.
His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.
Synonyms: between-time, between-time, gap, interlapse, lapse, meantime, meanwhile
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetemporary
nounA transitional or temporary period between other events.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveserving during an intermediate interval of time
nounthe time between one event, process, or period and another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininterim
- Latininterim
- Englishinterim
Borrowed from Latin interim (“meanwhile”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian преходен, промеждутъчен
- преходен (prehoden)transitional
- промеждутъчен (promeždutăčen)transitional
- временен (vremenen)temporary
- промеждутък (promeždutăk)a transitional or temporary period between other events
Catalan interí, interinitat
- interítransitional
- interinitattransitional
- interítemporary
- intería transitional or temporary period between other events
- interinitata transitional or temporary period between other events
Chinese Cantonese 過渡嘅 /过渡嘅, 臨時嘅 /临时嘅
- 過渡嘅 /过渡嘅 (gwo³ dou⁶ ge³)transitional
- 臨時嘅 /临时嘅 (lam⁴ si⁴ ge³)temporary
- 過渡期 /过渡期 (gwo³ dou⁶ kei⁴)a transitional or temporary period between other events
Czech přechodný, dočasný
- přechodnýtransitional
- dočasnýtemporary
- prozatímnítemporary
- mezidobía transitional or temporary period between other events
Danish midlertidig, midlertidig
- midlertidigtransitional
- midlertidigtemporary
- mellemtida transitional or temporary period between other events
Dutch tussentijds
- tussentijdstransitional
Finnish väliaikainen, väliaikainen
- väliaikainentransitional
- väliaikainentemporary
French intervalle, intérim
- intervallea transitional or temporary period between other events
- intérima transitional or temporary period between other events
German übergangsweise, interimistisch
- übergangsweisetransitional
- interimistischtransitional
- zwischenzeitlichtemporary
- Übergangszeita transitional or temporary period between other events
- Zwischenzeita transitional or temporary period between other events
- Interima transitional or temporary period between other events
Indonesian peralihan, sementara
- peralihantransitional
- sementaratemporary
- sementaraa transitional or temporary period between other events
Irish eatramhach
- eatramhachtransitional
Italian intervallo
- intervalloa transitional or temporary period between other events
Japanese 過渡的な, 過渡期の
- 過渡的な (katoteki na)transitional
- 過渡期の (katoki no)transitional
- 一時的な (ichijiteki na)temporary
- 過渡期 (katoki)a transitional or temporary period between other events
Malay peralihan, sementara
- peralihantransitional
- sementaratemporary
Polish przejściowy, tymczasowy
- przejściowytransitional
- tymczasowytemporary
- przejściówkaa transitional or temporary period between other events
Portuguese intervalo, ínterim
- intervaloa transitional or temporary period between other events
- ínterima transitional or temporary period between other events
Russian переходный, временный
- переходный (perexodnyj)transitional
- временный (vremennyj)temporary
Spanish interino, ad ínterim
- interinotransitional
- ad ínterimtransitional
- interinotemporary
- ad ínterimtemporary
- ínterina transitional or temporary period between other events
- interína transitional or temporary period between other events
- ínterima transitional or temporary period between other events
Turkish geçici
- geçicitemporary
Ukrainian проміжний, тимчасовий
- проміжний (promižnyj)transitional
- тимчасовий (tymčasovyj)temporary
- проміжок (promižok)a transitional or temporary period between other events
- тим часом (tym časom)a transitional or temporary period between other events
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Cite this entry
interim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interim
“interim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interim. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interim,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interim.
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