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Make shift

Synonyms for "make shift" (230 found)

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Informal (40)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(8 words)

shift pinch string deputy coup stand in jury-rig band-aid

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

scratch spare dodge

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(7 words)

trick ghost equal flimsy phony proxy partial

Adj, adv, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

relief shoddy changeling

Verb, slang(3 words)

make out shake up make do

Adj, slang(3 words)

rude sketchy caught short

Noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(1 words)

General use (190)

Noun, verb(26 words)

measure stroke move sign answer copy change exchange manage maneuver symbol excuse substitute resource gimmick artifice resort effort metaphor solution

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refuge understudy reserves recourse jury rig countermove

Noun(41 words)

device arrangement imitation contrivance villain stratagem comparison stopgap analogy substitution replacement vicar improvisation personnel vice president fill-in vice-president locum tenens ghostwriter stand-in

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Adj, noun, verb(14 words)

token fake precipitate counterfeit alternate equivalent backup imperfect stopgap unprepared lacking surrogate impaired ad-lib

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun, verb(3 words)

reserve means spares

Adj, noun(18 words)

secondary representative tentative expedient immature utility alternative temporary inadequate ersatz mediocre deficient provisional impromptu second string tactic incomplete third string

Name, noun(2 words)

agent emergency

Adjective(36 words)

unsound patchy erroneous faulty undeveloped inaccurate unready unfinished unorganized imprecise unstudied inexact unpremeditated unplanned unarranged fallible unconcocted extemporaneous vicarious rough-and-ready

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unhatched undeliberated unthorough uncontrived undevised unprimed unperfected unbegun unmanufactured off-the-cuff unrehearsed extemporary improvisational improviso improvisatorial makeshifty

Adj, name(1 words)

Adj, verb(11 words)

uneven impure mixed blemished surprised damaged adulterated improvised unmade taken aback jury-rigged

Adj, adv, noun(3 words)

defective haphazard extempore

Adj, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv(4 words)

offhand ad hoc pro tempore ad libitum

Verb(10 words)

get along get by improvise found wanting caught napping extemporized tripped up taken by surprise ad-libbing playing by ear

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adjective(2 words)

improvised jury-rigged

vice-regent next best thing taken unawares temporary expedient ad hoc measure jury-rigged expedient last expedient last shift stroke of policy working proposition not perfect caught off balance jury rigged temporary arrangement dernier ressort temporary measure

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