'Provisional' definitions:
Definition of 'provisional'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" [syn: probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative]
Definition of 'Provisional'
From: GCIDE
- Provisional \Pro*vi"sion*al\, a. [Cf. F. provisionnel.] Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'provisional'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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