Comprehensive
Dictionary Suite
Help
Help
Help
Advanced Dictionary      
Lookup History
temporal1
impossible

tem·po·ral1

temporal1

 
pronunciation:
tem p rl [or] tem prl
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: of or concerning time.
synonyms:
time
definition 2: lasting for only a relatively short time; temporary; transitory.
synonyms:
brief, ephemeral, evanescent, fugitive, transient, transitory
antonyms:
eternal, everlasting, lasting, permanent
similar words:
fleeting, impermanent, temporary
definition 3: of or concerning life or affairs in this world; worldly.
synonyms:
worldly
antonyms:
spiritual
similar words:
carnal, earthly, material, mundane, physical, profane, secular, terrestrial
definition 4: secular or material rather than ecclesiastical or spiritual.
synonyms:
earthly, secular, worldly
antonyms:
religious, spiritual
similar words:
lay, material, mundane, physical, profane
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)temporal merely
(adj.)temporal + noun acuity, affair, aspect, assumption, authority, being, bone, boundary, brain, bureau, characteristic, coherence, comparison, component, compression, consciousness, consideration, consistency, constraint, context, contiguity, continuity, coordinate, correlation, cortex, cycle, dimension, displacement, distance, distinction, distribution, division, durability, duration, dynamics, epilepsy, equivalent, existence, experience, experiment, extension, extent, finitude, flow, fluctuation, fossa, fracture, frame, framework, gait, implication, involvement, lobe, logic, measurement, metaphor, mode, narrative, order, ordering, origin, parameter, pattern, perception, perspective, phase, phenomenon, physics, power, precedence, present, priority, progression, proximity, punishment, reality, realm, reference, region, relation, reliability, resolution, rhythm, scale, self, separation, sequence, sequencing, setting, shift, significance, sphere, stability, structure, succession, trend, tumor, unity, universe, variability, variable, variance, variation, vortex, workload  [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: temporally (adv.), temporalness (n.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word temporal contains the following part:
temp1, tempor Latin root that means time
synonyms:
chron, chrono