Makeshift

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A temporary or expedient substitute for something else.
  • adj. Suitable as a temporary or expedient substitute: used a rock as a makeshift hammer.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.
  • adj. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A shifty person; one given to shifts or expedients; a mischievous fellow.
  • n. That with which one makes shift; an expedient adopted to serve a present need or turn; a temporary substitute.
  • Of the nature of a temporary expedient.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
  • adj. done or made using whatever is available
    • Equivalent
    impermanent    temporary   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    expedient   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    expedient    substitute    provisional   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wooden    nearby    crude    portable    flimsy   
     
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