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" (267 found)
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Closest matches (54)
Adjective(9 words)
actionad hocad hoc measuread libad libitumad-libad-libbingadulteratedagentalternatealternativeanalogyanswerarrangementartificebackupband-aidblemishedcaught nappingcaught off balance
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caught shortchangechangelingcomparisoncontrivancecopecopycounterfeitcountermovecoupcourse of actiondamageddefectivedeficientdemarchedeputydernier ressortdevicedodgedoubledummyeffort
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (80)
emergencyequalequivalenterroneousersatzexchangeexcuseexpediencyexpedientextemporaneousextemporaneousnessextemporarinessextemporaryextemporeextemporizationextemporizedfakefalliblefaultyfill-in
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flimsyfound wantingget alongget byghostghostwritergimmickhaphazardhastyimitationimmatureimpairedimperfectimpreciseimpromptuimprovisationimprovisationalimprovisatorialimproviseimprovisedimprovisionimprovisoimpureinaccurateinadequateincompleteinexactjury rigjury riggedjury-rigjury-riggedjury-rigged expedientlackinglast expedientlast resortlast shiftlocum tenensmake domake outmakeshiftymanagemaneuvermeansmeans to an endmeasuremediocremetaphormetonymy
Adjective(7 words)
Noun(2 words)
hot wiremake-do
Related words (133)
mixedmockmovenext best thingnot perfectoffoff-the-cuffoffhandpartialpatchypersonnelphonypinchpinch hitterpis allerplaying by earprecipitatepro temporeprovisionalproxy
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recourserefugereliefreplacementrepresentativereservereservesresortresourceringerrough-and-readyrudescratchsecond stringsecondaryshake upshake-upshiftshoddyshortsignsketchyslapdashsnapsolutionsparesparesstand instand-instepstopgapstratagemstringstrokestroke of policysubsubstituentsubstitutesubstitutionsuccedaneumsupersedersupplantersurprisedsurrogatesymbolsynecdochetactictaken abacktaken by surprisetaken unawarestemporarytemporary arrangementtemporary expedienttemporary measuretentativethird stringtokentricktripped uptrumpunarrangedunbegununconcocteduncontrivedundeliberatedunderstudyundevelopedundevisedunevenunfinishedunhatchedunmadeunmanufacturedunorganizedunperfectedunplannedunpremeditatedunpreparedunprimedunreadyunrehearsedunsoundunstudiedunthoroughutilityutility playervicarvicariousvice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentwantingworking hypothesisworking proposition
Adjective(10 words)
nonstandard procedureplaceholderramshackleroughscrappystopgapsubstitutetemporarytemporary changetemporaryness
Noun(7 words)
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7 entriescrude repairimprovised deviceimprovised shelterimprovised toolshoddy constructionstopgaptemporary shelter
Collocations
8 entriesmakeshift arrangementmakeshift devicemakeshift fixmakeshift protocolmakeshift screenmakeshift sheltermakeshift solutionmakeshift table
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
1 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample 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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