interim

Plural: interims

Noun

• A temporary period between two events or states.
• the time between one event, process, or period and another
• A transitional or temporary period between other events.

Adjective Satellite

• serving during an intermediate interval of time
  • "an interim agreement"

Adj

• Transitional.
• Temporary.

Examples

• During the INTERIM between turns, he meticulously planned his next high-scoring Words With Friends play.
• His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.
• Iraq's government is interim.
• You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

Synonyms

lag, meantime, meanwhile, between-time, caretaker, gap, interim, interlapse, lapse, provisional

Related Words

ad interim, interspace

Anagrams of interim