Related Words for makeshift

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stopgap
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Adjective, Adjective
improvised
/xx
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
temporary
/xxx
Verb, Adjective
impermanent
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
ramshackle
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Adjective
rickety
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Adjective
wooden
/x
Adjective
disused
x/
Adjective
dilapidated
x/xxx
Adjective
tent
/
Noun
impromptu
x/x
Noun
barricade
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Noun
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective
shack
/
Noun
homemade
//
Noun
shanty
/x
Noun
portable
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Noun
contraption
x/x
Noun
windowless
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Adjective
sprawling
/x
Verb
communal
x/x
Adjective
collapsible
x/xx
Adjective
cardboard
/x
Noun
decrepit
x/x
Adjective
apology
x/xx
Noun
ersatz
/x
Noun
throwaway
/xx
Noun
sham
/
Noun
contrivance
x/x
Noun
shoddy
/x
Adjective
dummy
/x
Noun
sticking plaster
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
fake
/
Noun
mock
/
Adjective
fudge
/
Noun
pretense
x/
Noun
almost
/x
Adverb
artifice
/xx
Noun
counterfeit
/xx
Noun
short shrift
//
Phrase, Noun
duff
/
Noun
incongruity
xx/xx
Noun
token
/x
Noun
mockery
/xx
Noun
vapor
/x
Noun
pretext
/x
Noun
complication
xx/x
Noun
inadequacy
x/xxx
Noun
travesty
/xx
Noun
blank
/
Noun
shirking
/x
Noun
something or other
/x//x
Phrase, Noun
inconsequential
xxx/x
Adjective
missing link
/x/
Phrase, Noun
excuse
x/
Noun
mismatch
x/
Noun
misfit
/x
Noun
chimera
x/x
Noun
straw
/
Noun
imperfect
x/x
Adjective
scant
/
Adjective
shortage
/x
Noun
inconvenient
xx/x
Adjective
stray
/
Noun
waif
/
Noun
guesswork
/x
Noun
fodder
/x
Noun
blind
/
Noun
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective
menial
/xx
Adjective
inchoate
//
Adjective
slight
/
Adjective
amateur
/xx
Noun
last minute
//x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
motley
/x
Noun
omission
x/x
Noun
clumsy
/x
Adjective
shambles
/x
Noun
color
/x
Noun
dwarfing
/x
Noun
unworkable
x/xx
Adjective
garbage
/x
Noun
misleading
x/x
Adjective
second
/x
Noun
inaccuracy
x/xxx
Noun
haphazard
x/x
Adjective
rope of sand
///
Phrase, Noun
hitch
/
Noun
casualty
/xxx
Noun
nonsense
/x
Noun
fume
/
Noun
inane
x/
Noun
charade
x/
Noun
one of those things
////
Phrase, Noun
unworthy
x/x
Adjective
awkward
/x
Adjective
omitting
x/x
Verb
trifle
/x
Noun
lacking
/x
Verb
hedge
/
Noun
problem
/x
Noun
misadventure
xx/x
Noun
stretcher
/x
Noun
podium
/xx
Noun
infirmary
x/xx
Noun
gallows
/x
Noun
darkroom
/x
Noun
tourniquet
xxx
Noun
crutch
/
Noun
raft
/
Noun
shelters
/x
Noun
corral
x/
Noun
sling
/
Noun
crutches
/x
Noun
bandage
/x
Noun
easel
/x
Noun
sleds
/
Noun
pallet
/x
Noun
bier
/
Noun
stalls
/
Noun
airstrip
/x
Noun
crib
/
Noun
noose
/
Noun
awnings
/x
Noun
cot
/
Noun
courtroom
/x
Noun
ambulances
/xxx
Noun
hammock
/x
Noun
latrine
x/
Noun
dais
/
Noun
hovels
/x
Noun
runway
/x
Noun
huts
/
Noun
altar
/x
Noun
stockade
/x
Noun
bunks
/
Noun
studio
/xx
Noun
pillow
/x
Noun
scaffold
/x
Noun
roadblock
/x
Noun
accommodations
xxx/x
Noun
alternate
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
alternative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
barrack
/x
Noun, Verb
beginning
x/x
Noun, Adjective
caretaker
/xx
Noun, Adjective
chaotic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
clapboard
/x
Noun, Verb
commodious
x/xx
Adjective
cramped
/
Adjective
crude
/
Adjective, Noun
demolished
x/x
Adjective
dodge
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
drafty
/x
Adjective
equipped
x/
Adjective
expedient
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
fallback
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
flimsy
/x
Adjective, Noun
grenade
x/
Noun, Verb
handmade
//
Adjective, Noun
hasty
/x
Adjective, Noun
imitations
xx/x
Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
interim
/xx
Adjective, Noun
lodging
/x
Noun
mobile
/x
Adjective, Name
overcrowded
/xxx
Adjective
precarious
x/xx
Adjective
primitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
provisional
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
remodeled
x/x
Noun
roomy
/x
Adjective, Noun
rude
/
Adjective
substitute
/xx
Noun, Verb
subterfuge
/xx
Noun
tentative
/xx
Adjective, Noun
transitional
x/xx
Adjective
unplanned
x/
Adjective
unsanitary
x/xxx
Adjective
wealthy
/x
Adjective, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun