Synonyms for makeshift
ˈmeɪkˌʃɪftmakeshift

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1. makeshift, stopgap, make-doadjective

   something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

   Synonyms:
   make-do, stopgap

   Antonyms:
   lasting, permanent

2. improvised, jury-rigged, makeshiftadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   improvised, jury-rigged

   Antonyms:
   permanent, lasting

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1. makeshiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   substitute, temporary, expedient

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1. makeshiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   expedient, substitute

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1. List of paraphrases for "makeshift":

   improvised, impromptu, temporary, alternative, provisional, interim

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1. Chancellor Werner Faymann:

   Then we must secure our borders even more, to protect internal borders is a makeshift solution. But we have to be prepared.

2. Maroofa Bibi:

   When the shelling starts, we rush to cower in the makeshift basements of our home, the power supply gets cut and we wait in the darkness with our terrified children, waiting for it be over.

3. Gulfport Police Department -RRB- Woodman:

   Inside the mini-bus, officers found a bin of mostly perishable food that had been left unrefrigerated. There was a five-gallon bucket near the front door that was designated as a makeshift toilet and a propane tank inside the passenger area. The children had no clothing other than what they were wearing.

4. Wan Junaidi:

   Those were makeshift camps, and have nothing to do with this one.

5. British Prime Minister David Cameron:

   We've got to break the business model of the criminal smugglers and stop the desperate flow of people crammed into makeshift vessels from embarking on a fruitless and perilous journey.