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Makeshift

Makeshift Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Makeshift? [n] something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency [adj] done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Makeshift: impermanent \| improvised \| jury-rigged \| stopgap \| temporary Related Terms \| Find terms related to Makeshift: action \| ad hoc \| ad hoc measure \| ad lib \| ad libitum \| ad-lib \| ad-libbing \| adulterated \| agent \| alternate \| alternative \| analogy \| answer \| arrangement \| artifice \| backup \| band-aid \| blemished \| caught napping \| caught off balance \| caught short \| change \| changeling \| comparison \| contrivance \| copy \| counterfeit \| countermove \| coup \| course of action \| damaged \| defective \| deficient \| demarche \| deputy \| dernier ressort \| device \| dodge \| double \| dummy \| effort \| emergency \| equal \| equivalent \| erroneous \| ersatz \| exchange \| expediency \| expedient \| extemporaneous \| extemporaneousness \| extemporariness \| extemporary \| extempore \| extemporization \| extemporized \| fake \| fallible \| faulty \| fill-in \| found wanting \| ghost \| ghostwriter \| gimmick \| haphazard \| hasty \| imitation \| immature \| impaired \| imperfect \| imprecise \| impromptu \| improvisation \| improvisational \| improvisatorial \| improvise \| improvised \| improvision \| improviso \| impure \| inaccurate \| inadequate \| incomplete \| inexact \| jury-rig \| jury-rigged \| jury-rigged expedient \| lacking \| last expedient \| last resort \| last shift \| locum tenens \| makeshifty \| maneuver \| means \| measure \| mediocre \| metaphor \| metonymy \| mixed \| mock \| move \| next best thing \| not perfect \| off \| offhand \| off-the-cuff \| partial \| patchy \| personnel \| phony \| pinch \| pinch hitter \| pis aller \| playing by ear \| precipitate \| pro tempore \| provisional \| proxy \| recourse \| refuge \| relief \| replacement \| representative \| reserve \| reserves \| resort \| resource \| ringer \| rough-and-ready \| second string \| secondary \| shake-up \| shift \| short \| sign \| sketchy \| slapdash \| snap \| solution \| spare \| spares \| stand-in \| step \| stopgap \| stratagem \| stroke \| stroke of policy \| sub \| substituent \| substitute \| substitution \| succedaneum \| superseder \| supplanter \| surprised \| surrogate \| symbol \| synecdoche \| tactic \| taken aback \| taken by surprise \| taken unawares \| temporary \| temporary arrangement \| temporary expedient \| temporary measure \| tentative \| third string \| token \| trick \| tripped up \| trump \| unarranged \| unbegun \| unconcocted \| uncontrived \| undeliberated \| understudy \| undeveloped \| undevised \| uneven \| unfinished \| unhatched \| unmade \| unmanufactured \| unorganized \| unperfected \| unplanned \| unpremeditated \| unprepared \| unprimed \| unready \| unrehearsed \| unsound \| unstudied \| unthorough \| utility \| utility player \| vicar \| vicarious \| vice-president \| vice-regent \| wanting \| working hypothesis \| working proposition See Also \| expedient Makeshift In Webster's Dictionary \Make"shift`\, n. That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. --James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. --G. Eliot.

Makeshift Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Makeshift?

[n] something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
[adj] done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

See Also | expedient

Makeshift In Webster's Dictionary

\Make"shift`\, n.
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient.
--James Mill.

      I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift.
                                               --G. Eliot.

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