Stopgap measures won't make a dent in drug addiction.
Source: tatoeba (46216)
Stopgap
//ˈstɒpɡæp//
Synonyms for "stopgap" (147 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (73)
last expedientlast resortlast shiftlidmakeshiftymaneuvermeansmeans to an endmeasuremockmoveoff-the-cuffoffhandpegphonypinpinchpis allerplaying by earplug
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pro temporeprovisionalproxyrecourserefugereserveresortresourcerough-and-readyrough-and-tumblesea cocksecondaryshake upshake-upshiftsolutionsparespigotspikespilespillstepstopstopperstopplestratagemstringstrokestroke of policysubstitutetactictaptemporarytemporary arrangementtemporary expedienttemporary measuretentativetokentricktrumpunrehearsedutilityvalvevicariousworking hypothesisworking proposition
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Translations
32 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- временна мярка noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Catalan
1 entries- tapaforats noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Chinese
1 entries- 準數 /准数 adj (filling a gap or pause)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 湊數 /凑数 adj (filling a gap or pause)
- 權宜之計 /权宜之计 noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Czech
1 entries- provizorium noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Dutch
3 entries- lapmiddel noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- stoplap noun (that which stops up or fills a gap or hole)
- lapzalven verb (to use something as a short-term fix or temporary measure until a better alternative can be obtained)
Finnish
1 entries- hätävara noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
French
3 entries- bouche-trou noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- pis-aller noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- rustine noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
German
4 entries- Lochstopfer noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- Lückenbüßer noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- Lückenfüller noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- Notlösung noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Hungarian
1 entries- sufnituning noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Ido
1 entries- remediacho noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Italian
1 entries- palliativo noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Japanese
3 entries- 姑息 adj (filling a gap or pause)
- 対症療法 noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- 對症療法 noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Latvian
1 entries- tapa noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Polish
3 entries- prowizorka noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- zapchajdziura noun (that which stops up or fills a gap or hole)
- zapchajdziura noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Russian
1 entries- вре́менный adj (filling a gap or pause)
Spanish
4 entries- paliativo noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- parche noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- paños calientes noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
- remiendo noun (short-term fix or temporary measure used until something better can be obtained)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom saw his job as a pump attendant as a stopgap measure until a better one came up.
Source: tatoeba (3253217)
Mary was only ever Tom's stopgap for when Jane didn't have time for him.
Source: tatoeba (10036167)
All Mary ever was for Tom was a stopgap for when Jane didn't have time for him.
Source: tatoeba (10036173)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.