temp C2+ Topic:Work & Careers US /tɛmp/ UK /tɛmp/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like tamp /ɛ/ vs /æ/ Meanings 1 noun a temporary employee, especially in an office The agency sent a temp to cover the receptionist's leave. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a temporary employee,... temporarysubstitutefill-instand-infreelancer ↔ Opposites permanent Word family Derived forms tempingtemped Related forms temporarytemporal Etymology AI details A 20th-century clipping of temporary, from Latin temporarius ('lasting for a time'), from tempus ('time'). tempus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Work & Careers External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # temp **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /tɛmp/ **IPA (UK):** /tɛmp/ ## Meanings 1. a temporary employee, especially in an office ## Examples - The agency sent a temp to cover the receptionist's leave. ## Synonyms - temporary - substitute - fill-in - stand-in - freelancer ## Antonyms - permanent ## Derived Forms - temping - temped ## Related Forms - temporary - temporal ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tempus ## Etymology A 20th-century clipping of temporary, from Latin temporarius ('lasting for a time'), from tempus ('time'). ## AI Etymology Temp is a 20th-century clipping of temporary, from Latin temporarius ('lasting for a time'), from tempus ('time'). Important recorded forms include tempus (Latin). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers a temporary employee, especially in an office. The wider family includes derived forms such as temping and temped and related words such as temporary and temporal. ## Topics - Work & Careers markdown