A temporary adhesive without the formation of voids between a support and a wafer. A temporary adhesive for separatably attaching a support to a circuit side of a wafer to process a rear surface of the wafer, the temporary adhesive including a component (A) that is cured by a hydrosilylation reaction; a polymerization inhibitor (B) having a 5% mass decrease temperature of 80° C. or higher as measured using a Tg-DTA; and a solvent (C). The component (A) may include a polysiloxane (A1) including a polyorganosiloxane (a1) containing a C1-10 alkyl group and a C2-10 alkenyl group, and a polyorganosiloxane (a2) containing a C1-10 alkyl group and a hydrogen atom; and a platinum group metal-based catalyst (A2). The polymerization inhibitor (B) may be a compound of formula (1): (wherein R7 and R8 are each a C6-40 aryl group, or a combination of a C1-10 alkyl group and a C6-40 aryl group).