an intervening time; interval; meantime

in the interim.

a temporary or provisional arrangement; stopgap; makeshift.

( initial capital letter ) Church History . any of three provisional arrangements for the settlement of religious differences between German Protestants and Roman Catholics during the Reformation.

for, during, belonging to, or connected with an intervening period of time; temporary; provisional

an interim order.

meantime.

adjective

continual , permanent

noun

continuation , permanence

adjective

acting , ad interim , caretaker * , improvised , intervening , makeshift , pro tem , pro tempore , provisional , stopgap , thrown-together , impermanent , short-range , short-term

noun

breach , break , breather , breathing spell , coffee break , cutoff , downtime * , gap , hiatus , interlude , interregnum , interruption , lacuna , layoff , letup * , meantime , meanwhile , pause , take ten , time * , time-out , void , acting , interval , makeshift , pro tempore , spell , temporary