Synonyms for provisional
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1. provisional

   Synonyms:
   conditional, contingent, hypothetical, temporary

   Antonyms:
   unconditional, absolute, permanent, perpetual

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1. probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentativeadjective

   under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

   "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

   Synonyms:
   provisionary, probationary, tentative, doubtful

   Antonyms:
   unconditional, unconditioned

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1. provisionaladjective

   Synonyms:
   temporary, provisory

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1. List of paraphrases for "provisional":

   interim, temporary, tentative, terminable, pretrial, provisoire, preliminary, pre-trial, caretaker, tent.ative, transitional, staging-area, temporarily, draft, makeshift, casual

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1. Suu Kyi:

   Myanmar requests the court to remove the case from its list, in the alternative (the court should) reject the request for provisional measures submitted by the Gambia.

2. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann:

   A provisional translation by an interpreter shows that he expressly announces, in the name of Allah, and testifying his allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a famous Islamist leader, an act of revenge against the Germans because they're getting in the way of Islam.

3. Perfecto Yasay:

   We are not yet engaged in bilateral talks with anyone, but I would like to see how we can pursue certain provisional arrangements so that it would lead to opening of bilateral or multilateral engagements should that be necessary.

4. Jeb Bush:

   You tell me if this is amnesty, you come out from the shadows. You receive a provisional work permit. You pay taxes. You don't receive federal government assistance. You learn English ...You work.

5. Jeb Bush:

   You come out from the shadows. You receive a provisional work permit. You pay taxes. You don't receive federal government assistance. You learn English ...You work.