| Main Entry: | rough-and-ready |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude but serviceable |
Synonyms: |
ad-lib, basic, crude, extemporaneous, improvised, jerry-built, makeshift, primitive, provisional, thrown together, unrefined, unsophisticated, wild-and-woolly |
Antonyms: |
sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | provisional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contingent, tentative |
Synonyms: |
conditional, dependent, ephemeral, experimental, interim, limited, makeshift, passing, pro tem, provisionary, provisory, qualified, rough-and-ready, stopgap, temporary, test, transient, transitional |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, permanent |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | basic, incomplete |
Synonyms: |
austere, crude, cursory, formless, hard, imperfect, raw, rough-and-ready, roughhewn, rudimentary, shapeless, sketchy, spartan, uncompleted, uncut, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, unwrought |
Antonyms: |
accurate, complete, definite, precise |
| Main Entry: | stopgap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporarily helping |
Synonyms: |
Band-Aid, emergency, expedient, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, practical, provisional, rough-and-ready, rough-and-tumble, substitute, temp, temporary, throwaway |
Antonyms: |
completed, finished, permanent, solved |
| Main Entry: | unperfected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
Synonyms: |
austere, crude, cursory, formless, hard, imperfect, preliminary, raw*, rough-and-ready, roughhewn, rudimentary, shapeless, sketchy, spartan, tentative, uncompleted, uncut, undressed, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, unwrought |