Synonyms of jerry-built

jerry-built 1 of 2

adjective

as in clumsy

hastily or roughly constructed

my jerry-built wine racks may not look pretty, but they get the job done

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clumsy
• crude
• rough
• rude
• flawed
• imperfect
• defective
• primitive
• unfinished
• rudimentary
• rough-and-ready
• artless
• jerry-rigged
• jury-rigged
• rough-and-tumble
• unrefined
• rough-hewn
• amateur
• faulty
• inartistic
• inexact
• imprecise
• unpolished
• unskilled
• amateurish
• unprofessional
• inexpert
• unworked
• undressed
• unskillful
• unshaped
• unshapen

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• perfect
• refined
• polished
• finished
• meticulous
• flawless
• faultless
• expert
• well-done
• neat
• skillful
• sophisticated
• masterly
• adept
• adroit
• artistic
• masterful
• practised
• artful
• workmanlike
• perfected
• practiced
• precise
• dexterous
• exact
• dextrous

jerry-built

2 of 2

verb

past tense of jerry-build

as in rebuilt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebuilt
• reconstructed
• reassembled
• retrofit
• retrofitted
• devised
• contrived
• combined
• concocted
• designed
• rigged (up)
• threw up
• reedified
• redeveloped
• prefabricated
• conceived
• united
• established
• imagined
• invented
• organized
• founded
• created
• cooked (up)
• thought (up)
• originated
• instituted
• constituted
• built
• fashioned
• began
• constructed
• generated
• manufactured
• inaugurated
• fathered
• carpentered
• coined
• erected
• shaped
• molded
• initiated
• forged
• innovated
• produced
• hammered
• assembled
• fabricated
• framed
• confected
• handcrafted
• pieced
• reared
• made up
• set up
• put up
• made
• raised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantled
• destroyed
• disassembled
• wrecked
• demolished
• flattened
• struck
• ruined
• dismembered
• shattered
• pulverized
• knocked down
• tore down
• razed
• took down
• smashed
• devastated
• levelled
• pulled down
• exploded
• leveled
• detached
• demounted
• divided
• blew up
• separated
• disengaged
• disconnected
• ruinated
• disunited
• disjoined