stopgap
noun
1 stopgap
Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency.
synonyms: make-do, makeshift.
Roget 147:
substitution,
commutation;
supplanting
etc.
v.;
metaphor,
metonymy
etc.
(figure of speech)
521.
[Thing substituted]
substitute,
ersatz,
makeshift,
temporary expedient,
replacement,
succedaneum;
shift,
pis aller [Fr.],
stopgap,
jury rigging,
jury mast,
locum tenens,
warming pan,
dummy,
scapegoat;
double;
changeling;
quid pro quo,
alternative.
representative
etc.
(deputy)
759;
palimpsest.
price,
purchase money,
consideration,
equivalent.
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Dutch: provisorisch, noodgreep, noodmaatregel, noodverband, noodvoorziening, provisorium
Polish: prowizorka
Moby thesaurus: action, ad hoc, ad hoc measure, ad lib, ad libitum, ad-lib, ad-libbing, alternate, alternative, answer, arrangement, artifice, backup, band-aid, bung, check valve, cock, contrivance, cork, counterfeit, countermove, coup, course of action, demarche, dernier ressort, device, dodge, dummy, effort, emergency, equivalent, ersatz, expediency, expedient, extemporaneous, extemporaneousness, extemporariness, extemporary, extempore, extemporization, fake, faucet, gimmick, imitation, impromptu, improvisation, improvisational, improvisatorial, improvise, improvised, improvision, improviso, jury-rig, jury-rigged, jury-rigged expedient, last expedient, last resort, last shift, lid, makeshift, makeshifty, maneuver, means, measure, mock, move, off-the-cuff, offhand, peg, phony, pin, pinch, pis aller, playing by ear, plug, pro tempore, provisional, proxy, recourse, refuge, reserve, resort, resource, rough-and-ready, rough-and-tumble, sea cock, secondary, shake-up, shift, solution, spare, spigot, spike, spile, spill, step, stop, stopper, stopple, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy, substitute, tactic, tap, temporary, temporary arrangement, temporary expedient, temporary measure, tentative, token, trick, trump, unrehearsed, utility, valve, vicarious, working hypothesis, working proposition ... show more.
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