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makeshift
adjective as in temporary
noun as in temporary help
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The party was full and I found a sofa near a makeshift bar in the corner.
When not screaming or yelling hysterically, Samuel is brandishing makeshift weapons and pushing his cousins off a tree house.
She walked for two days before settling into a makeshift camp.
Residents had placed makeshift roadblocks, including wooden beams and furniture, on roads leading to the protest.
Earlier this week she pleaded with ISIS to uphold the verdict of a makeshift Sharia court, which ruled that he was not a spy.
Though to a certain extent useful when no better means of control is provided, this is but a makeshift.
He slouched wordlessly into the room, hands thrust deep in the pockets of a makeshift jacket.
No native takes any part in the preaching on the station, except in extreme cases, when it is regarded as a makeshift.
We have a makeshift thing set up there now—but it's nothing to what will be needed.
Yes, sir; youth and love constitute the world, and all that follows is a mere makeshift.
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On this page you'll find 85 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to makeshift, such as: alternative, expedient, make-do, stopgap, substitute, and temp.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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