'for the time being' definitions:

Definition of 'for the time being'

From: WordNet

adverb

Temporarily; "we'll stop for the time being" [syn: for the moment, for the time being]

Synonyms of 'for the time being'

From: Moby Thesaurus

ad interim,
as of now,
as things are,
at present,
at this juncture,
at this moment,
at this point,
at this time,
awhile,
between acts,
betweentimes,
betweenwhiles,
but now,
during the interval,
en attendant,
even now,
for a time,
for the meantime,
for the moment,
for the nonce,
for the time,
for this occasion,
here,
here and now,
hereat,
hic et nunc,
in our time,
in the interim,
in the meanwhile,
in these days,
just now,
meantime,
meanwhile,
now,
nowadays,
on the spot,
pendente lite,
pro tem,
pro tempore,
temporarily,
this day,
this night,
today,
tonight,
until then

Words containing 'for the time being'

At times,
In time,
The time is up,
Time,
Timed,
Timeful,
Timely,
Times,
Timing,
What time,
What time as,
against time,
all the time,
at a time,
at the same time,
do time,
from time to time,
in no time,
just in time,
of all time,
on time,
time and again,
time and time again,
time being,
time off,
time out,
Absolute time,
Apparent time,
Astronomical time,
Benting time,
Breathing time,
Civil time,
Close time,
Cockshut time,
Common time,
Compound time,
Cooling time,
Double time,
Equation of time,
Equinoctial time,
Father Time,
Fence time,
Half time,
High time,
In good time,
Kipper time,
Mean time,
Pairing time,
Psychophysical time,
Pudding time,
Quadruple time,
Quick time,
Quintuple time,
Reaction time,
Sideral time,
Sidereal time,
Solar time,
Standard time,
Time ball,
Time bargain,
Time bill,
Time book,
Time detector,
Time enough,
Time fuse,
Time fuze,
Time immemorial,
Time lock,
Time of day,
Time out of mind,
Time policy,
Time signature,
Time, IL,
To beat time,
To come to time,
To give time,
To go against time,
To kill time,
To make time,
To mark time,
To move against time,
To redeem the time,
To run against time,
To serve the time,
Tracts for the Times,
Triple time,
True time,
Vintage time,
a hundred times,
a million times,
access time,
ahead of its time,
ahead of time,
all-time,
arrival time,
at one time,
atlantic time,
behind time,
bering time,
big time,
biological time,
breakfast time,
buy time,
central time,
checkout time,
clock time,
closing time,
clotting time,
compensatory time,
cosmic time,
departure time,
duple time,
eastern time,
elapsed time,
ephemeris time,
extra time,
face time,
flex time,
for the first time,
four times,
free time,
full time,
geologic time,
geological time,
good time,
good times,
greenwich time,
hadean time,
hard time,
hard times,
harvest time,
have a good time,
hawaii time,
haying time,
in due time,
in the nick of time,
kill time,
lead time,
leisure time,
light time,
local time,
long time,
mark time,
modern times,
morning time,
mountain time,
musical time,
nine times,
old times,
one at a time,
one time,
pacific time,
part time,
past times,
period of time,
physiological time,
point in time,
present times,
prime time,
processing time,
question time,
ravages of time,
real time,
regulation time,
relaxation time,
residence time,
response time,
roman times,
running time,
seek time,
serve time,
show time,
six times,
slow time,
small time,
space time,
spare time,
starting time,
take time,
take time off,
terrestrial time,
thousand times,
three times,
time and a half,
time bomb,
time capsule,
time clock,
time constant,
time deposit,
time draft,
time exposure,
time frame,
time interval,
time lag,
time limit,
time loan,
time machine,
time note,
time of arrival,
time of departure,
time of life,
time of origin,
time of year,
time period,
time plan,
time saving,
time scale,
time series,
time sharing,
time sheet,
time signal,
time slot,
time study,
time to come,
time unit,
time value,
time zone,
time-out,
times square,
times table,
transmission time,
travel time,
turnaround time,
two time,
two times,
unit of time,
universal time,
waste of time,
waste time,
well timed,
when the time comes,
while away the time,
work time,
yukon time,
Ill-timed,
Time-honored,
Time-table,
To give the time of day,
To take time by the forelock,
Watchman's time detector,
Wrong-timed,
alaska standard time,
atlantic standard time,
bering standard time,
big time operator,
central standard time,
coordinated universal time,
eastern standard time,
extended time scale,
fast time scale,
full-time,
good-time,
greenwich mean time,
half-time,
hawaii standard time,
life-time,
lunar time period,
mean solar time,
mountain standard time,
musical time signature,
old-time,
one-time,
pacific standard time,
part-time,
pulse timing circuit,
real-time,
run-time,
slow time scale,
small-time,
space-time,
spacecraft clock time,
spacecraft event time,
take time by the forelock,
terrestrial dynamical time,
time and motion study,
time deposit account,
time-ball,
time-consuming,
time-fuse,
time-honoured,
time-release,
time-switch,
time-tested,
time-worn,
two-time,
two-timing,
waste one's time,
well-timed,
Periodic time of a heavenly body,
character-at-a-time printer,
command processing overhead time,
daylight-saving time,
daylight-savings time,
earth-received time,
four-four time,
line-at-a-time printer,
old-time quaint,
page-at-a-time printer,
pulse-time modulation,
real-time operation,
real-time processing,
run-time error,
since a long time ago,
space-time continuum,
spare-time activity,
time-and-motion study,
time-motion study,
time-scale factor,
one-way light time,
round-trip light time,
time-delay measuring instrument,
time-delay measuring system,
track-to-track seek time