Actually that I bring a huge volume of reference material with me is a makeshift way of preventing people from disputing my case.
Source: tatoeba (327667)
Makeshift
//ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft//
Synonyms for "makeshift" (244 found)
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Strong matches (73)
ersatzexchangeexcuseexpediencyexpedientextemporaneousextemporaneousnessextemporarinessextemporaryextemporeextemporizationextemporizedfakefalliblefaultyfill-inflimsyfound wantingget alongget by
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ghostghostwritergimmickhaphazardhastyimitationimmatureimpairedimperfectimpreciseimpromptuimprovisationimprovisationalimprovisatorialimproviseimprovisedimprovisionimprovisoimpureinaccurateinadequateincompleteinexactjury rigjury riggedjury-rigjury-riggedjury-rigged expedientlackinglast expedientlast resortlast shiftlocum tenensmake outmakeshiftymanagemaneuvermeansmeans to an endmeasuremediocremetaphormetonymymixed
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (122)
mockmovenext best thingnot perfectoffoff-the-cuffoffhandpartialpatchypersonnelphonypinchpinch hitterpis allerplaying by earprecipitatepro temporeprovisionalproxyrecourse
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refugereliefreplacementrepresentativereservereservesresortresourceringerrough-and-readyrudescratchsecond stringsecondaryshake upshake-upshiftshoddyshortsignsketchyslapdashsnapsolutionsparesparesstand instand-instepstopgapstratagemstringstrokestroke of policysubsubstituentsubstitutesubstitutionsuccedaneumsupersedersupplantersurprisedsurrogatesymbolsynecdochetactictaken abacktaken by surprisetaken unawarestemporarytemporary arrangementtemporary expedienttemporary measuretentativethird stringtokentricktripped uptrumpunarrangedunbegununconcocteduncontrivedundeliberatedunderstudyundevelopedundevisedunevenunfinishedunhatchedunmadeunmanufacturedunorganizedunperfectedunplannedunpremeditatedunpreparedunprimedunreadyunrehearsedunsoundunstudiedunthoroughutilityutility playervicarvicariousvice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentwantingworking hypothesisworking proposition
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12 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- заместител noun (temporary substitution)
Catalan
1 entries- provisional adj (made to work or suffice)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 因陋就簡的 /因陋就简的 adj (made to work or suffice)
- 就地取材的 adj (made to work or suffice)
- 湊合的 /凑合的 adj (made to work or suffice)
- 简易的 adj (made to work or suffice)
Czech
4 entries- dočasný adj (made to work or suffice)
- improvizovaný adj (made to work or suffice)
- provizorní adj (made to work or suffice)
- dočasná náhrada noun (temporary substitution)
Dutch
4 entries- geïmproviseerd adj (made to work or suffice)
- nood adj (made to work or suffice)
- provisorisch adj (made to work or suffice)
- tijdelijk adj (made to work or suffice)
Finnish
3 entries- hätävara adj (made to work or suffice)
- tilapäis adj (made to work or suffice)
- hätävara noun (temporary substitution)
French
2 entries- de fortune adj (made to work or suffice)
- improvisé adj (made to work or suffice)
German
4 entries- behelfsmäßig adj (made to work or suffice)
- provisorisch adj (made to work or suffice)
- Notbehelf noun (temporary substitution)
- Notlösung noun (temporary substitution)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- fortin adj (made to work or suffice)
Hebrew
4 entries- ארעי adj (made to work or suffice)
- חלופי adj (made to work or suffice)
- מאולתר adj (made to work or suffice)
- תחליף noun (temporary substitution)
Hindi
3 entries- कामचलाऊ adj (made to work or suffice)
- चलाऊ adj (made to work or suffice)
- जोड़-तोड़ adj (made to work or suffice)
Irish
3 entries- ainmniúchas noun (temporary substitution)
- earra ionaid noun (temporary substitution)
- siocair noun (temporary substitution)
Italian
4 entries- arraffazzonato adj (made to work or suffice)
- di fortuna adj (made to work or suffice)
- improvvisato adj (made to work or suffice)
- provvisorio adj (made to work or suffice)
Japanese
2 entries- 仮の adj (made to work or suffice)
- 間に合わせの adj (made to work or suffice)
Norwegian
2 entries- improvisert adj (made to work or suffice)
- nødløsning adj (made to work or suffice)
Polish
2 entries- prowizoryczny adj (made to work or suffice)
- prowizorka noun (temporary substitution)
Portuguese
2 entries- improvisado adj (made to work or suffice)
- improviso noun (temporary substitution)
Romanian
1 entries- provizoriu adj (made to work or suffice)
Russian
4 entries- вре́менный adj (made to work or suffice)
- импровизи́рованный adj (made to work or suffice)
- самоде́льный adj (made to work or suffice)
- вре́менная заме́на noun (temporary substitution)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sealach adj (made to work or suffice)
Spanish
3 entries- provisional adj (made to work or suffice)
- apaño noun (temporary substitution)
- improvisación noun (temporary substitution)
Swedish
1 entries- provisorisk adj (made to work or suffice)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
We used a barrel for a makeshift table.
Source: tatoeba (1226745)
Sami set up a makeshift clinic in Cairo.
Source: tatoeba (6687102)
Sami lived in a makeshift shelter.
Source: tatoeba (6709729)
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