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adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

Fuzzynyms (17)

alternative, alternate

adj. allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"

acting, interim

adj. performing services temporarily

makeshift, improvised, jury-rigged

adj. done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

emergency, unexpected

adj. made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"

indecisive, hesitant, hesitating

adj. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

test, trial, model, pilot, experimental

adj. of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an experimental drug"

Synonyms (12)

counterfactual, contrary to fact

adj. going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis)

contingent, uncertain, dependant on, contingent on, dependent on, depending on

adj. determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"

dependant, dependent, qualified

adj. contingent on something else

provisory

adj. subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause"

Antonyms (1)

unconditional

adj. not conditional; "unconditional surrender"

provisional

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