| Main Entry: | recourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alternative |
Synonyms: |
aid, appeal, choice, expediency, expedient, help, makeshift, option, refuge, remedy, resort, resource, shift, stand-by, stopgap, substitute, support, way out |
| 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: | alternative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possible choice |
Synonyms: |
back-up, druthers, opportunity, option, other, other fish in sea, other fish to fry, pick, preference, recourse, redundancy, selection, sub, substitute, take it or leave it |
| Notes: | alternate means 'one after the other' or 'each succeeding the other in turn, especially continuously' and alternative means 'one instead of the other' or 'allowing or necessitating a choice between two or more things' |
Antonyms: |
compulsion, constraint, necessity, obligation, restraint |
| Main Entry: | appeal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request for help |
Synonyms: |
address, adjuration, application, bid, call, claim, demand, entreaty, imploration, importunity, invocation, overture, petition, plea, prayer, proposal, proposition, question, recourse, requisition, solicitation, submission, suit, supplication |
Antonyms: |
denial, disavowal, disclaimer, refusal, retraction, revocation |
| 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: | makeshift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporary help |
Synonyms: |
expediency, expedient, last resort, pis aller, recourse, refuge, replacement, resort, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute |
Antonyms: |
permanent |
| Main Entry: | refuge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to hide, have privacy |
Synonyms: |
ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, harborage, haven, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, safe place, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap, stronghold, way out |
| Main Entry: | request |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | question or petition |
Synonyms: |
appeal, application, asking, begging, call, commercial, demand, desire, entreaty, inquiry, invitation, offer, prayer, recourse, requisition, solicitation, suit, supplication |
Antonyms: |
answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | resource |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial |
Synonyms: |
ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, inventiveness, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg, property, quick-wittedness, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, resourcefulness, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, worth |
Antonyms: |
product |
| Main Entry: | shift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, stratagem |
Synonyms: |
artifice, contrivance, craft, device, dodge, equivocation, evasion, expediency, expedient, gambit, hoax, makeshift, maneuver, move, ploy, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, ruse, stopgap, strategy, substitute, subterfuge, wile |