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What is another word for
makeshift
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Adjective
Acting as an interim and temporary measure
Of or pertaining to the near or immediate future
Crudely constructed, typically in a hasty or improvised manner
Rickety in structure or shoddily built
Pieced together
(
of a substance
)
Made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product
Considered to be lacking in aesthetic judgement or to constitute inappropriate behaviour
Noun
Temporary help
The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems
Hasty remedy
(
usually as modifier
)
A person or group of people replacing others who have been on duty
An improvisation, or something done without prior thought or planning
Place to hide, have privacy
A thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment
Adverb
Without preparation
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▲
Adjective
▲
Acting as an interim and temporary measure
substitute
make-do
provisional
temporary
stopgap
improvised
emergency
extemporary
extempore
impromptu
jury
new
standby
substitutive
expedient
jury-rigged
ad hoc
alternative
band-aid
crude
do-it-yourself
ersatz
hit-or-miss
quick-and-dirty
rough-and-ready
slapdash
temp
throwaway
thrown together
cobbled together
quick and dirty
rough and ready
offhand
off-the-cuff
improvisational
unprepared
unrehearsed
extemporaneous
unplanned
unpremeditated
unstudied
offhanded
snap
unconsidered
spur-of-the-moment
ad-lib
spontaneous
down and dirty
improvisatory
on-the-spot
unscripted
informal
ad lib
unarranged
made-up
improv
extemporal
ad libitum
autoschediastic
improviso
automatic
on impulse
winging it
by ear
extemporized
US
extemporised
UK
impulsive
casual
toss off
toss out
off the top of your head
devised
rigged
cheaply made
ad-hoc
cheaply done
of inferior quality
crude but effective
spur-of-the moment
slipshod
unpracticed
short-term
according to pleasure
made up
as one wishes
as one thinks best
without restraint
off the top of one's head
spur of the moment
from the hip
off the cuff
not rehearsed
pro tem
ad interim
pro tempore
specified
specific
special
improvisatorial
played by ear
on the spot
natural
sudden
unthinking
uncontrived
undesigned
winged
unexpected
whipped up
not planned
candid
shot from the hip
unposed
instinctive
off-hand
impetuous
scratch
abrupt
unintended
unintentional
hurried
quick
immediate
off guard
not thought out
uncontrolled
instant
hasty
off the top of head
without preparation
off the hip
unforeseen
adventitious
haphazard
unscheduled
aleatory
random
involuntary
headlong
vamped
out of the blue
tossed off
dashed off
thrown off
more ❯
“Taylor endured primitive living conditions and long marches between an endless series of
makeshift
camps.”
Adjective
▲
Of or pertaining to the near or immediate future
short-term
temporary
brief
momentary
passing
provisional
impermanent
interim
transient
transitory
fleeting
ephemeral
acting
evanescent
short
fugacious
fugitive
stopgap
provisory
substitute
provisionary
volatile
limited
alternate
temp
perishable
unstable
shifting
changeable
unfixed
overnight
slapdash
summary
mortal
supply
immediate
instant
short-lived
make-do
ad interim
pro tem
ad hoc
pro tempore
band-aid
short-range
for the time being
fill-in
caretaker
transitional
improvised
replacement
backup
intervening
reserve
stand-in
standby
tentative
working
rough-and-ready
impromptu
emergency
conditional
alternative
contingent
supplementary
supplemental
experimental
changeover
preliminary
test
extra
relief
TBC
spare
dependent
throwaway
additional
auxiliary
rough
locum
pencilled in
surrogate
subject to confirmation
proxy
to be confirmed
substitutive
tactical
in-between
thrown-together
present
expediential
jury-rigged
jury
non-permanent
pop-up
dummy
quick-and-dirty
new
expedient
rough-and-tumble
practical
supernumerary
deputy
fall-back
pinch-hitting
second-string
ancillary
second
rough and ready
fallback
unconfirmed
indefinite
trial
unsettled
speculative
in reserve
exploratory
conjectural
pilot
untried
unsubstantiated
unproven
open to consideration
probationary
open for consideration
subject to
not final
subject to change
on trial
contingent upon
not settled
undecided
contingent on
qualified
unfinished
interregnal
draft
US
outline
draught
UK
holding
intermediate
embryonic
initial
adjutant
delegated
assistant
liminal
quick
perfunctory
hasty
swift
cursory
hurried
flitting
instantaneous
rushed
abrupt
curtailed
sudden
rapid
deciduous
fading
meteoric
flying
flash
vanishing
fly-by-night
flash in the pan
here today and gone tomorrow
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Crudely constructed, typically in a hasty or improvised manner
rough-and-ready
crude
rough
unrefined
simple
clumsy
rude
artless
basic
primitive
unsophisticated
improvised
rustic
unpretentious
homely
honest
decent
downhome
extemporaneous
kindhearted
practical
provisional
serviceable
usable
warm
rough-hewn
jerry-built
rough-and-tumble
jerry-rigged
jury-rigged
ad-lib
down-to-earth
wild-and-woolly
thrown together
rough and ready
rudimentary
undeveloped
unpolished
sketchy
elementary
coarse
unfinished
cobbled together
low
slipshod
uncomplicated
imperfect
unprocessed
raw
inexact
imprecise
roughly made
unprecise
rudimental
roughhewn
roughly-made
stopgap
make-do
old-fashioned
obsolete
archaic
preliminary
hasty
extemporary
ad hoc
hurried
quick
incomplete
cursory
initial
inductive
preparatory
first
preparative
test
uncompleted
uncut
early
unskillful
defective
scrappy
deficient
untidy
bitty
incoherent
homespun
plain
in the rough
homemade
amateurish
awkward
crass
ramshackle
rickety
badly built
carelessly built
shabby
unstable
shoddy
gimcrack
flimsy
insubstantial
approximate
inartistic
unfashioned
green
inexpert
inelegant
straightforward
spartan
austere
scratch
undressed
uninvolved
unspecialized
peasant
homey
unaffected
uncomplex
inept
bungling
incompetent
maladroit
unskilled
hastily prepared
impromptu
haphazard
unadorned
ordinary
unfussy
adequate
unornamented
undecorated
uncultured
modest
meagre
UK
minimal
unostentatious
uncultivated
vulgar
unembellished
without frills
bare-bones
stripped down
meager
US
cut down
boorish
uncouth
uncivilized
US
uneducated
philistine
ill-bred
loutish
ungraceful
indelicate
oafish
barbarian
lowbred
insensible
raffish
rugged
ill-mannered
incult
provincial
roughneck
gross
tasteless
lowbrow
common
illiberal
parochial
uncivilised
UK
brutish
troglodytic
earthy
barbaric
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Rickety in structure or shoddily built
slight
fragile
rickety
breakable
light
weak
frail
shaky
ramshackle
tottery
unstable
wobbly
insubstantial
flimsy
gimcrack
shoddy
vulnerable
wonky
delicate
dodgy
frangible
teetery
jerry-built
badly built
thrown together
cheap
second-rate
inferior
trashy
cheapjack
rubbishy
low-grade
tacky
junky
tawdry
poor
poor-quality
third-rate
low-rent
tatty
bad
schlock
wretched
coarse
bargain-basement
execrable
lousy
terrible
miserable
tinny
cheesy
rotten
crude
common
schlocky
cut-rate
sleazy
mediocre
trumpery
bum
ropy
gaudy
rubbish
grotty
duff
el cheapo
superficial
unsubstantial
unsound
cheapo
slipshod
cheap-jack
bodger
dingy
dilapidated
scruffy
broken-down
shabby
seedy
plastic
pretentious
substandard
inglorious
low
not up to snuff
paltry
mean
low-down
run-down
base
rattletrap
naff
kitschy
tasteless
vulgar
brummagem
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Pieced together
pieced together
collaged
jerrybuilt
jerry-rigged
patchwork
piecemeal
Adjective
▲
(
of a substance
)
Made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product
synthetic
artificial
fake
mock
ersatz
false
faux
man-made
imitation
sham
simulated
bogus
manufactured
substitute
counterfeit
pseudo
fabricated
plastic
spurious
unnatural
dummy
factitious
forged
imitative
mimic
nonnatural
pretend
pretended
replica
reproduction
so-called
facsimile
insincere
phoney
UK
constructed
hokey
made
phony
US
put on
feigned
fraudulent
affected
contrived
make-believe
cod
faked
put-on
assumed
unreal
specious
unauthentic
inauthentic
forced
mechanical
queer
not genuine
model
strained
quasi
fakey
snide
pseudo-
fictitious
toy
apparent
seeming
copied
ostensible
trick
deceptive
nominal
virtual
semi-
copycat
near
dud
falsie
made-up
would-be
supposititious
hyped up
quasi-
repro
superficial
machine-made
non-natural
human-made
mimetic
meretricious
practice
trial
pseud
fishy
cast
chemical
untrue
echoic
wannabe
self-styled
apish
low-quality
low-grade
poor-quality
shoddy
inferior
unsatisfactory
substandard
adulterated
experimental
representative
as it were
copy
pirated
gingerbread
engineered
counterfeited
pinchbeck
adulterine
duplicate
manmade
invalid
falsified
trumped-up
knock off
unoriginal
ungenuine
crooked
apparently
partly
supposedly
seemingly
to all intents and purposes
supposed
not found in nature
not existing in nature
alleged
ostensive
purported
misleading
reported
hoax
not what it is cracked up to be
laboured
UK
hollow
delusive
deceitful
delusory
labored
US
wrong
bent
mannered
stilted
derivative
pirate
dishonest
imitated
deceiving
stiff
fallacious
overdone
plagiarized
US
studied
framed
pretentious
not kosher
exaggerated
plagiaristic
derived
unconvincing
mimicked
concocted
improvised
actorly
plagiarised
UK
apocryphal
wooden
two-faced
aped
imaginary
Hollywood
plant
brummagem
crock
deluding
beguiling
distorted
underhand
invented
tricky
cheating
suppositious
worthless
won't fly
soft shell
self-conscious
double-dealing
phony-baloney
overripe
ambiguous
professed
overworked
disingenuous
inaccurate
duplicitous
sophistical
untruthful
masked
concealed
sly
unspontaneous
adopted
avowed
theatrical
illusory
hypocritical
treacherous
sneaky
ham
hammy
lying
quack
covered
crafty
guileful
bum
shady
sharp
casuistic
misrepresentative
dissembling
constrained
cooked-up
unreliable
truthless
shifty
unscrupulous
imposturous
unprincipled
fast
underhanded
rogue
illegal
catchy
phoney-baloney
devious
rehearsed
unqualified
overblown
surface
campy
elaborate
planned
illusive
illusionary
pseudonymous
glib
duplicated
reproduced
parodied
parroted
burlesqued
caricatured
mocked
knock-off
imagined
mealymouthed
posed
posey
voulu
manipulated
far-fetched
fixed
recherche
staged
not real
not legit
conceited
melodramatic
affectated
awkward
playacting
fraud
swindling
stagy
rigid
inflexible
bound
begrudging
coercive
grudging
binding
conscripted
slave
stringent
forcible
incorrect
criminal
confusing
overly planned
erroneous
non-existent
unfounded
charlatan
bluffing
shammed
impostrous
in name only
dissimulated
evasive
unsound
made up
inexact
corrupt
wreck
uptight
taut
farfetched
wired
put
unglued
tight
choked
mimicking
flawed
illicit
dishonourable
UK
unlawful
Janus-faced
defrauding
unfair
dirty
unjust
unethical
casuistical
mistaken
faulty
in a state
hard put
nervous wreck
strung out
at end of rope
unstraightforward
imprecise
shonky
knavish
dodgy
counterfactual
improper
bamboozling
dishonorable
US
against the law
bad
null and void
not binding
void
null
nonvalid
nonbinding
inoperative
uncollectible
nugatory
similar
colored
US
unrecognizable
US
camouflaged
equivocal
parrot-like
bewildering
distracting
perplexing
mistakable
demagogic
confounding
puzzling
cunning
untrustworthy
scheming
coloured
UK
covert
hidden
incognito
perfidious
Machiavellian
formulaic
slavish
epigonic
copying
emulative
epigonous
canned
second-hand
like
subtle
slippery
foxy
mendacious
back-alley
undercover
furtive
onomatopoeic
slim
hollow-hearted
double-faced
Punic
false-hearted
disguised
unrecognisable
UK
masquerading
changed
veiled
incog
cloaked
in disguise
artful
simulant
parrot
reflective
reflecting
emulous
following
secondhand
commonplace
plausible
insidious
rascal
roguish
off
designing
serpentine
oblique
slick
astucious
indirect
wily
under cover
sailing under false colours
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Considered to be lacking in aesthetic judgement or to constitute inappropriate behaviour
tasteless
vulgar
crude
gross
gaudy
cheap
flashy
garish
low
rude
tawdry
coarse
crass
inelegant
loud
tacky
uncouth
flash
improper
ostentatious
showy
trashy
common
ill-bred
illiberal
incult
indiscreet
insensible
lowbred
lowbrow
meretricious
naff
raffish
rough
rough-hewn
roughneck
rugged
tactless
tatty
uncultivated
uncultured
unpolished
unrefined
unseemly
graceless
impolite
indecorous
indelicate
kitsch
artificial
barbaric
barbarous
foolish
hideous
low-down
low-down-and-dirty
off-color
ornate
outlandish
pretentious
raunchy
stupid
trivial
unclassy
unlovely
unsightly
useless
wild
cheap and nasty
in bad taste
in poor taste
boorish
loutish
brash
unsophisticated
flamboyant
oafish
uncivilized
US
glaring
ill-mannered
glitzy
uncivilised
UK
philistine
churlish
brutish
swanky
tinsel
unmannerly
obtrusive
splashy
uneducated
ignorant
uncivil
discourteous
gimcrack
tinselly
offensive
flaunting
brummagem
ungentlemanly
extravagant
harsh
unladylike
chintzy
flaring
swank
bling-bling
barbarian
jazzy
cheesy
raw
brassy
shoddy
lurid
cloddish
glittering
rustic
primitive
overdone
nasty
kitschy
Brummagem
noisy
sleazy
ritzy
razzle-dazzle
insensitive
yobbish
over the top
bad-mannered
shabby
conspicuous
blatant
brazen
screaming
fancy
over-elaborate
savage
bearish
distasteful
poor
blunt
OTT
affected
clumsy
over-bright
plebby
gruff
awkward
provincial
inconsiderate
rubbishy
slobbish
unmannered
Neanderthal
clodhopping
cheapjack
brilliant
bright
bold
worthless
junky
second-rate
snazzy
miserable
bilious
theatrical
thuggish
thoughtless
ungracious
unstylish
unfashionable
trumpery
fancy-pants
ungraceful
unsavoury
UK
superfly
dicty
stiff
unsavory
US
plastic
foul-mouthed
untutored
violent
corny
nauseating
unattractive
callous
low-grade
inferior
florid
sickly
gauche
grungy
ratty
plebeian
dirty
catchpenny
mean
flimsy
valueless
bad
execrable
cut-rate
wretched
schlocky
terrible
rotten
bum
low-rent
mediocre
schlock
lousy
bargain-basement
colorful
US
glittery
overwrought
brusque
gay
curt
splendiferous
sporty
bling
colourful
UK
ocker
lewd
chichi
ungallant
wooden
uncomfortable
uneasy
classy
dashing
parochial
specious
pompous
swinish
clownish
hick
unworldly
shameless
el cheapo
classless
common as muck
tony
peacocky
crummy
inurbane
stilted
rustical
mannerless
corrupt
heavy-handed
socially unsure
lacking in social graces
socially inept
loud-mouthed
socially awkward
unpleasant
ill-chosen
unfinished
basic
simple
trifling
painful to look at
ordinary
cheap-jack
paltry
obnoxious
lumpish
obtuse
low-minded
superficial
sham
ridiculous
bombastic
outrageous
pinchbeck
vernacular
illiterate
low-born
heathen
elaborate
agrestic
twopenny-halfpenny
unlettered
baseborn
native
general
earthy
troglodytic
grandiose
bourgeois
sordid
hooligan
heathenish
Neandertal
natural
fakey
rough and ready
lumpen
ornery
cantankerous
countrified
base
lubberly
unpoised
ungenteel
impertinent
ungainly
disrespectful
disgracious
actorly
sketchy
gawky
hillbilly
backwoods
unenlightened
materialist
unread
commercial
flaunted
out-of-line
unfeeling
exhibitionistic
spectacular
uptown
splurgy
jaunty
fussy
backward
immature
pizzazz
US
frou-frou
eye-searing
undiscriminating
imperceptive
high-flown
arty-farty
pzazz
UK
uncalled-for
impure
anti-intellectual
inartistic
gussied up
low-bred
tough
loudmouthed
trailer-park
uninformed
kenspeckle
bodacious
noticeable
striking
grabby
commanding
prominent
eye-catching
pronounced
remarkable
dramatic
catchy
marked
arresting
emphatic
dour
severe
ribald
hard
foul
indecent
profane
brutal
bluff
obscene
putting on the ritz
forbidding
fierce
stern
austere
bawdy
roughcast
grim
vulgarian
filthy
resplendent
sensational
opulent
sumptuous
histrionic
luxurious
cruel
intimidating
louring
grievous
steely
stark
inhuman
Daliesque
clinquant
twee
camp
mod
posturing
gimmicky
jerry-built
insubstantial
rickety
inept
unsubtle
maladroit
flinty
onerous
ungentle
heavy
artless
unceremonious
bitter
hardhanded
oppressive
third-rate
poor-quality
ramshackle
murderous
lowering
bungling
blundering
careless
ropy
tinny
badly built
rash
straightforward
precipitate
untactful
hasty
styleless
ticky-tack
dowdy
ticky-tacky
dilapidated
scrubby
scruffy
neglected
dumpy
bombed-out
tumbledown
mangy
moth-eaten
beat-up
dog-eared
tatterdemalion
seedy
down-at-the-heels
threadbare
down-at-heel
timeworn
run-down
rubbish
grotty
duff
thrown together
expensive
outmoded
faded
out-of-date
broken-down
stodgy
frumpy
untidy
dingy
slovenly
unbecoming
waxy
unsuitable
poky
unkempt
messy
sloppy
pizazzy
pizzazzy
nifty
like a bull in a china shop
bogus
empty
garbage
no-good
despicable
good-for-nothing
abandoned
cruddy
barren
sparkling
poor quality
low in quality
tattered
rundown
bedraggled
decrepit
ragged
worn
squalid
run down
grubby
gone to seed
raggedy
worn-out
down at heel
scuzzy
worse for wear
sorry
substandard
battered
pitiful
decaying
old
slummy
frayed
insalubrious
worn out
decayed
frowzy
two-bit
dismal
disheveled
US
derelict
ruined
sad
dishevelled
UK
crumbling
tired
uncared-for
bush-league
inadequate
dreadful
falling to pieces
dodgy
deteriorated
ruinous
slipshod
deteriorating
low quality
downmarket
below par
yucky
shacky
below standard
bodger
disreputable
awful
atrocious
abysmal
appalling
unsatisfactory
deficient
gone to rack and ruin
beat up
frightful
shambly
pants
dire
torn
ragtag
well worn
rumpty
dime-a-dozen
low-quality
rinky-dink
scraggy
low-class
in disrepair
down-at-the-heel
in ruins
a load of pants
weather-beaten
cheapo
abject
insufficient
lamentable
deplorable
skanky
unacceptable
scungy
scroungy
tinhorn
diabolical
unmaintained
lame
holey
desolate
subpar
punk
degenerated
direful
egregious
damaged
low cost
tenth-rate
used
poverty-stricken
frazzled
in tatters
not up to much
badly dressed
tumble-down
seen better days
badly maintained
the worse for wear
in a bad way
having seen better days
poorly maintained
seamy
unprepossessing
average
imperfect
defective
pitiable
faulty
skeezy
dud
slimy
junk
limp
lemon
cheapie
daggy
depressed
disfigured
bare
meager
US
disintegrating
meagre
UK
ripped
slobby
half-pie
ungroomed
sloven
frowsy
raggedy-ass
warby
entry-level
low-end
impaired
injured
shaggy
blowsy
no great shakes
slatternly
down and dirty
untended
below average
dime-store
shaky
not much cop
all the worse for wear
bottom-rung
unsound
blowzy
tousled
a dime a dozen
not up to snuff
in shreds
falling apart
used-up
tangled
contemptible
schlumpy
second-class
poorly made
out at elbows
ill-maintained
in rags
two a penny
badly worn
full of holes
under par
draggle-tailed
uncombed
falling apart at the seams
on its last legs
thin
cheap-looking
down scale
shopworn
underprivileged
deprived
down-market
garbagy
sucky
indifferent
dishonest
crooked
smirched
inglorious
withering
ropey
poxy
chronic
throwaway
outworn
slumlike
twopenny
ancient
old-fashioned
rent
distressed
tottering
middling
menial
scabby
bad quality
of a sort
well-read
well-thumbed
downscale
peaked
shattered
broken
split
patched
wrecked
uncared
rank
mucky
indigent
sick
impoverished
sticky
gunky
gungy
disagreeable
slum-like
in bad repair
out of condition
in bad condition
dumbed down
destroyed
marred
crumbly
hateful
horrible
creaky
antiquated
in holes
wack
wanting
off
bush
sour
suboptimal
dissatisfactory
wrong
ill
creaking
superannuated
noddy
desultory
unpressed
down at the heel
worn to shreds
shredded
poorly
pathetic
unimproved
beat
straggly
mussy
ruffled
from hunger
fallen-in
uncared for
beaten up
fallen in
scraggly
mussed
tumbled
snarled
torn to pieces
weak sauce
sub-par
quavering
shaking
in a state of disrepair
haggard
effete
anile
crippled
fragile
messed up
mussed up
matted
rumpled
windblown
unneat
manky
commonplace
droopy
overgrown
wilted
wilting
drooping
ailing
sagging
flagging
end-of-the-pier
piss-poor
grody
pigpen
Mickey Mouse
used up
second-best
ill-groomed
strictly for the birds
second class
cure
pot
more ❯
Noun
▲
Temporary help
expedient
resource
resort
stopgap
substitute
recourse
shift
expediency
refuge
replacement
last resort
pis aller
contrivance
device
measure
means
manoeuvre
UK
stratagem
maneuver
US
step
scheme
temporary measure
temporary solution
move
method
course of action
improvisation
trick
ruse
dodge
artifice
ploy
alternative
band-aid
choice
option
plan
stand-in
remedy
possibility
hope
course
help
temporary expedient
source of assistance
possible course of action
hack
make-do
practicality
expedience
palliative
subterfuge
wile
craft
evasion
strategy
gambit
equivocation
deception
chance
hoax
opportunity
source of help
something to turn to
reference
someone to turn to
surrogate
relief
action
act
procedure
initiative
control
proceeding
deed
program
US
programme
UK
operation
agency
effort
legal action
appeal
way out
route
aid
stand-by
support
available resource
place to turn to
person to turn to
tactic
machination
medium
plot
way
instrument
fetch
lurk
instrumentality
tool
invention
solution
game
gimmick
wheeze
feint
flimflam
stunt
con
scam
sleight
play
jig
deceit
imposture
knack
juggle
shenanigan
fake
fraud
blind
sham
pretence
UK
cheat
angle
grift
set-up
pretense
US
intrigue
pretext
racket
swindle
bunco
rort
twist
schlenter
flanker
tack
con trick
bluff
line of action
design
tactics
sting
trap
gyp
approach
cunning plan
rig
confidence trick
setup
fastie
game plan
policy
smokescreen
wrinkle
scenario
duplicity
system
project
chicanery
conspiracy
canard
brainchild
snare
catch
concern
jest
secret
counterfeit
fun
fixture
sport
idea
motion
proposition
purpose
misrepresentation
pattern
recipe
methodology
movement
caper
arrangement
shifting
line
cabal
leg-pull
path
loophole
Trojan horse
craftiness
trickery
wangle
machinations
plan of action
master plan
lie
switch
decoy
whitewash
hustle
cover
stall
red herring
booby trap
snow job
put-up job
sleight of hand
secret plan
gizmo
gadget
widget
road
cunning
scheming
prank
joke
plans
wiles
creation
innovation
coinage
concoction
guile
set of tactics
artfulness
slyness
curveball
shenanigans
hoodwinking
pretension
bait
frame-up
covin
savvy
imposition
fakery
sellout
sell
humbug
spoof
loss-leader
shtick
distraction
slant
fabrication
formation
kicker
venture
manoeuvring
UK
blueprint
masquerade
gamesmanship
sharp practice
treachery
ambush
enterprise
maneuvering
US
scene
bit
duck
falsehood
delusion
distortion
apparatus
publicity device
eye-catching novelty
promotion
deviousness
crafty designs
road map
grand design
ground plan
dirty trick
sweet talk
soft soap
dirty work
crocodile tears
smoke and mirrors
double-dealing
rip-off
mock attack
put-on
make-believe
one-upmanship
bait and switch
little game
oldest trick in the book
excuse
direction
progress
attempt
activity
fashion
technique
tenor
form
variation
style
manner
process
finesse
cunningness
how
set
line of attack
gesture
clever move
gesticulation
stir
locomotion
exercise
hokum
porky
signal
sign
hogwash
jive
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
story
ride
pork pie
chicane
cover-up
shuck
malarkey
illusion
crock
fib
fast shuffle
con game
confidence game
fast one
intention
deal
suggestion
proposal
disposition
thought
undertaking
formula
submission
animus
treatment
projection
big picture
more ❯
Noun
▲
The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems
resourcefulness
creativity
imagination
ingenuity
inventiveness
originality
resource
wits
ability
appliance
artifice
assets
capability
capital
cleverness
contraption
contrivance
course
creation
device
expedient
fortune
hoard
initiative
means
measure
method
mode
property
quick-wittedness
recourse
refuge
relief
reserve
riches
shift
source
step
stock
stockpile
store
stratagem
substance
substitute
support
surrogate
system
talent
way
wealth
wherewithal
worth
nest egg
Noun
▲
Hasty remedy
quick fix
stopgap
jury-rigged expedient
Noun
▲
(
usually as modifier
)
A person or group of people replacing others who have been on duty
relief
replacement
cover
reserve
substitute
backup
stand-in
fill-in
standby
proxy
stopgap
surrogate
temporary
deputy
locum
alternate
delegate
sub
supply
temp
understudy
locum tenens
stand-by
pinch hitter
pinch-hitter
designated hitter
representative
agent
factor
expedient
expediency
recourse
resort
resource
refuge
substitute agent
envoy
minister
ambassador
double
emissary
commissary
rep
go-between
attorney
procurator
assignee
legate
spokesperson
depute
second
messenger
intermediary
commissioner
nuncio
assistant
alternative
lieutenant
negotiator
broker
liaison
frontman
spokesman
successor
plenipotentiary
consul
spokeswoman
mouthpiece
appointee
courier
subordinate
aide
helper
diplomat
ancillary
mediator
adjutant
mediary
lawyer
junior
substitution
auxiliary
subaltern
PA
underling
sidekick
henchman
apprentice
second string
adjunct
mate
second in command
vice
number two
personal assistant
coadjutor
second-in-command
aid
helpmate
helpmeet
right-hand man
equivalent
regent
man Friday
girl Friday
abettor
front
temporary worker
spare
accredited messenger
body double
someone else
herald
supply teacher
casual worker
vicar
catchpole
member
viceroy
member of Congress
senator
people's choice
nominee
attaché
scout
internuncio
bearer
carrier
trustee
handler
manager
advocate
hired gun
officer
middleperson
promoter
functionary
actor
steward
proctor
principal
factotum
business manager
executor
supplanter
changeling
succedaneum
partner
associate
attendant
vicegerent
collaborator
temporary expedient
representant
councillor
UK
dogcatcher
councilor
US
accomplice
wingman
second fiddle
friend
dependant
running dog
subsidiary
serf
P.A.
servant
secretary
understrapper
supporter
gofer
aide-de-camp
flunkey
beginner
peon
protege
scrub
body man
companion
trainee
right-hand person
coadjutant
henchwoman
ally
dogsbody
patron
adherent
inferior
hired help
accessory
hired hand
right-hand woman
backer
dependent
cooperator
confederate
slave
fellow worker
skivvy
aider
help
third string
minion
gopher
novice
abetter
flunky
lackey
follower
poodle
colleague
assembly member
the second in command
more ❯
Noun
▲
An improvisation, or something done without prior thought or planning
ad-lib
improvisation
extemporisation
UK
extemporization
US
impromptu
improv
expedient
impromptu comment
spontaneity
ad-libbing
extemporizing
US
extemporising
UK
winging it
impro
autoschediasm
invention
stand-up
lack of premeditation
speaking off the cuff
improvisational theatre
improvisational comedy
Noun
▲
Place to hide, have privacy
refuge
sanctuary
haven
retreat
shelter
bolt-hole
harbour
UK
sanctum
hideaway
ark
asylum
foxhole
harbor
US
harborage
hideout
resort
fastness
hide-out
querencia
ambush
anchorage
bolthole
cover
covert
den
escape
exit
expedient
fortress
hiding place
hole
home
immunity
opening
outlet
place of shelter
port
preserve
recourse
resource
safe haven
safe house
shield
stopgap
stronghold
zoar
bolt hole
place of safety
ivory tower
port in a storm
safe place
way out
nest
protection
security
hidey-hole
hermitage
lair
oasis
concealment
screen
nook
haunt
safety
hidy-hole
defence
UK
defense
US
armor
US
safeguard
armour
UK
sanctum sanctorum
habitat
place of security
safeguarding
guard
dock
safe harbor
ward
safe keeping
aegis
snuggery
place of escape
buckler
shade
dwelling
aerie
stash
cache
domain
housing
cloister
joint
purlieu
pen
weapon
fortification
barrier
roadstead
hangout
rendezvous
resistance
resting place
secret place
moorage
harbourage
marina
deterrent
shielding
deterrence
guarding
cushion
roads
mooring
wall
egis
bulwark
buffer
stamping ground
dockage
wharf
stomping ground
fence
shock absorber
comfort zone
private space
snug
recess
penthouse
brood
study
shadow
office
island
private room
secluded
form
earth
lee
a roof
sequestered nook
church
convent
port of call
bumper
preventative
preventive
hedge
hiding
hole-up
docks
barricade
bastion
cottage
dacha
lodging
roof
accommodation
pier
jetty
cabin
adytum
digs
pad
quarterage
shed
crib
seaport
hithe
ammunition
accommodations
boatyard
piers
landing
dockyard
living quarters
somewhere to stay
somewhere to live
roof over head
hole in the wall
dive
territory
warfare
weaponry
munitions
a roof over your head
spot
abode
biosphere
site
roost
habitation
citadel
arms
patch
bar
manor
favourite spot
local
honky-tonk
natural home
home ground
meeting place
hang-out
realm
centre
UK
spa
berth
quay
moorings
fount
source
cradle
fountainhead
watering hole
social place
honeypot
slip
hotel
spring
camp
holiday destination
center
US
motel
tourist trap
holiday centre
park
inn
lodge
fat farm
tourist center
mineral spring
tourist centre
watering place
hot spring
holiday spot
place of origin
more ❯
Noun
▲
A thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially a piece of mechanical or electronic equipment
device
implement
tool
instrument
utensil
gadget
appliance
machine
apparatus
contraption
invention
contrivance
mechanism
convenience
gimmick
gizmo
widget
aid
amenity
piece of equipment
waldo
accessory
agent
arrangement
article
construction
creation
doohickey
equipment
gear
material
medium
outfit
resort
resource
rigging
tackle
thingamabob
whatchamacallit
whatnot
whatsit
mod con
piece of apparatus
piece of hardware
Rube Goldberg invention
doodad
thingamajig
doodah
machinery
thing
jigger
gubbins
dingus
kit
paraphernalia
doobry
hardware
doojigger
engine
gismo
labour-saving device
object
thingummy
thingo
rig
stuff
means
unit
thingy
component
whatsis
motor
gadgetry
system
structure
item
vehicle
piece
novelty
black box
artifact
US
commodity
artefact
UK
matter
element
trinket
something
knickknack
nicknack
thingummyjig
thingumabob
thingumajig
things
doo-dah
whatdoyoucallit
what's-its-name
what-d'you-call-it
what's-it
materials
plant
appurtenance
gimcrack
setup
bitzer
components
mechanics
facility
agency
gears
transformer
piston
cylinder
turbine
weapon
Heath Robinson device
Rube Goldberg device
power train
moving parts
minutia
bit
accompaniment
what's under the hood
jiggambob
curio
thingamajigger
oojamaflip
oojah
hickey
fixtures
fittings
iron
fandango
harness
fitment
wherewithal
cogs
silverware
ware
knife
tableware
fork
bits
spoon
hoojamaflip
whatsitsname
whatshumacallit
hoobajoob
concern
business
mechanical device
soldering iron
automobile
bus
wheels
auto
motorcar
car
innovation
clockwork
product
pulley
lever
gaud
bauble
gewgaw
geegaw
brainchild
design
module
substance
member
entity
part
fragment
motor vehicle
horseless carriage
body
dojigger
coinage
discovery
nicety
luxury
origination
putt-putt
pot
fan
dynamo
diesel
barrel
powerhouse
horses
ministry
way
wrinkle
development
concoction
piece of merchandise
instrumentality
process
comfort
help
accommodation
opus
baby
fertility
original
power plant
rubber band
appendage
feature
attachment
fitting
creature comfort
organ
tools
implements
accoutrements
UK
utensils
materiel
accouterments
US
generator
supplies
furnishings
accoutrement
fixture
provisions
habiliments
dingbat
petrol engine
diesel engine
gasoline engine
electric motor
internal combustion engine
fixed object
trappings
equipage
appurtenances
appliances
instruments
impedimenta
regalia
gadgets
accessories
bits and pieces
accouterment
baggage
bits and bobs
clobber
odds and ends
odds and sods
articles
belongings
traps
devices
contraptions
kit and kaboodle
resources
stock
contrivances
effects
machines
accompaniments
necessary
facilities
box of tricks
goods
works
personal effects
amenities
stores
turnout
attachments
store
rubbish
junk
armamentarium
dunnage
appointments
set
collection
possessions
miscellaneous articles
necessaries
wares
workings
items
armory
US
matériel
trapping
trimming
furnishing
armoury
UK
hook
line
munitions
enginery
technology
arms
furniture
trimmings
miscellaneous
shebang
provisioning
adornments
ornamentation
staple
array
impediments
movables
chattels
property
doodads
aids
entities
ironmongery
clubber
bag
pack
selection
suitcase
container
satchel
assortment
plumbing
kitchenware
ironware
metalware
housewares
fasteners
set of tools
tools of the trade
bells and whistles
household goods
personal belongings
tool of the trade
household furnishings
encumbrances
supply
habiliment
more ❯
Adverb
▲
Without preparation
off the cuff
ad lib
impromptu
without preparation
without rehearsal
ad libitum
extemporaneously
spontaneously
ad-lib
by ear
improv
improvised
offhand
unrehearsed
off the hip
spur of the moment
on the spur of the moment
off the top of one's head
extempore
at the drop of a hat
just like that
off the top of your head
impulsively
on the fly
instinctively
on impulse
on a whim
in the heat of the moment
on the spot
a piacere
without thinking
freely
without planning
unpremeditatedly
without consideration
without checking
without previous consideration
without previous thought
improvisationally
off-the-cuff
unthinkingly
unconsciously
without premeditation
impetuously
unexpectedly
out of the blue
suddenly
all of a sudden
more ❯
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