| 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: | stopgap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporary help |
Synonyms: |
Band-Aid, expediency, expedient, improvisation, makeshift, pis aller, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, shift, substitute, temporary expedient |
Antonyms: |
permanency, permanent, solution |
| Main Entry: | excuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reason, explanation |
Synonyms: |
alibi, apology, cleanup, cop-out, cover story, cover*, coverup, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, fish story, grounds, jive, justification, makeshift, mitigation, plea, pretext, rationalization, regrets, routine, semblance, shift, song and dance, song*, stall, stopgap, story, substitute, subterfuge, trick*, vindication, whitewash, why and wherefore |
| Notes: | an alias is an assumed name, an alibi is a form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed, while an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness a pardon is the act of excusing a mistake or offense; an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness |
| 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: | interim |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
Synonyms: |
acting, ad interim, caretaker*, improvised, intervening, makeshift, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, stopgap, thrown-together |
Antonyms: |
continual, permanent |
| Main Entry: | makeshift |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
Synonyms: |
Band-Aid, alternative, expedient, hit-or-miss, make-do, provisional, quick-and-dirty, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, temp, throwaway |
Antonyms: |
complete, finished, permanent, ready |
| 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: | measure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preventive or institutive action |
Synonyms: |
act, action, agency, bounds, control, course, deed, device, effort, expedient, limit, limitation, makeshift, maneuver, means, moderation, move, procedure, proceeding, project, proposal, proposition, resort, resource, restraint, shift, step, stopgap, strategem |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, inaction |
| 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 |