| Main Entry: | resort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vacation place |
Synonyms: |
camp, fat farm, hangout, harbor, haunt, haven, hideaway, hideout, holiday spot, hot spring, hotel, inn, lodge, mineral spring, motel, nest, park, purlieu, refuge, rendezvous, retreat, spa, spot, spring, stomping ground, tourist center, tourist trap |
| Notes: | recourse refers to turning to someone or something for help; resort is something you turn to after all other options have failed (and as a verb means to have recourse!) |
| Main Entry: | resort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative, recourse |
Synonyms: |
chance, course, device, expediency, expedient, hope, makeshift, opportunity, possibility, reference, refuge, relief, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute, surrogate |
| Main Entry: | resort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have recourse to; make use of |
Synonyms: |
address, affect, apply, avail oneself of, benefit by, bring into play, devote, direct, employ, exercise, fall back on, frequent, go, go to, haunt, head for, look to, make use of, put to use, recur, recur to, refer to, repair, run, take up, try, turn, turn to, use, utilize, visit |
Antonyms: |
avoid, dodge |
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument, tool |
Synonyms: |
Rube Goldberg invention, accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation, doohickey, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material, means, mechanism, medium, outfit, resort, resource, rigging, shift, tackle, thingamabob, utensil, whatchamacallit, whatnot, whatsit |
| Main Entry: | expediency/expedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
Synonyms: |
band-aid, contrivance, design, device, dodge, easy way out, gimmick, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, method, recourse, resort, scheme, shift, step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, substitute, surrogate, tactic, trick |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
Synonyms: |
contrivance, device, gency, instrument, instrumentality, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, medium, method, recourse, refuge, resort, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute |
| Main Entry: | frequent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be a regular customer of |
Synonyms: |
affect, attend, attend regularly, be at home in, be found at, be often in, drop in, go to, hang about, hang around, hang out at, haunt*, hit*, infest, overrun, patronize, play*, resort, revisit, visit often |
| Main Entry: | hang about/hang around/hang out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate with; be residing in |
Synonyms: |
abide, affect, dally, frequent, get along with, haunt, have relations with, linger, live, loiter, reside, resort, roam, spend time, stand around, swell, tarry, waste time |
Antonyms: |
condemn |
| Main Entry: | hangout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for socializing |
Synonyms: |
bar, den*, dive*, haunt*, home, honky-tonk, joint*, purlieu, resort, stomping ground, watering hole |
| Main Entry: | haunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for socializing |
Synonyms: |
abode, bar, clubhouse, cubbyhole, den, dwelling, gathering place, habitat, hangout, headquarters, home, lair, living quarters, locality, meeting place, niche, place, purlieu, range, rendezvous, resort, retreat, site, stomping ground, trysting place, watering hole |