TEMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temp mean? 

• TEMP (noun)
  The noun TEMP has 1 sense:

1. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

  Familiarity information: TEMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

temp; temporary; temporary worker

Hypernyms ("temp" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "temp"):

hobo; migrant worker (a worker who moves around and works temporarily in different places)