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Word | Makeshift |
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 / That with which one makes shift / a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute, | |
Usage | ⇒ She turned her store into a makeshift computer room ⇒ when his belt broke, he was forced to use string as a makeshift ⇒ The makeshift machine had been used in the industrial laboratory |
Synonyms | stopgap, improvised, substitute, provisional, expedient, temporary, alternative, replacement, jury-rigged, impromptu, shift, extemporaneous, expediency, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, tentative, unprepared, device, |
Antonyms | permanent, ultimate, complete, finished, irrevocable, ready, convincing, convoluted, definitive, develop, devise, difficult, durable, educate, elevate, enduring, energetic, equal, eternal, everlasting, |
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