Makeshift

What do we mean by makeshift?

Suitable as a temporary or expedient substitute. adjective

A temporary or expedient substitute for something else. noun

A shifty person; one given to shifts or expedients; a mischievous fellow. noun

That with which one makes shift; an expedient adopted to serve a present need or turn; a temporary substitute. noun

Of the nature of a temporary expedient.

That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means. noun

A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else. noun

Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted. adjective

Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency noun

Done or made using whatever is available adjective

A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.

Words that are spelled similarly to makeshift:
makeshift, make shift, makeshifts, makes it, made shift, makes shift.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word makeshift:
morgue, raft, rafts, tents, opener, stalls, tent, shelter, bamboo, rope, garage, studio, quarters, altar, costume, grave, basement, wooden, hospital, runway, erected, camp, weapon, prison, weapons, jail, refugees, bomb, boats, temporary, homes.

Words that rhyme with makeshift:
shift, lift, drift, gift, swift, rift, sift, adrift, miffed, shrift, thrift, spendthrift, facelift, forklift, airlift, clift, shoplift, short shrift, tift, night shift, graveyard shift, stiffed, sniffed, face lift, birthday gift, continental drift, day shift, stick shift, whiffed, biffed, riffed, chimney swift, swing shift, chair lift, jonathan swift, ski lift, tiffed, boatlift, work shift, sealift, split shift, be adrift, doppler shift, evening shift, european swift, philanthropic gift, christmas gift, tree swift, population shift, wedding gift, crested swift, seadrift, fork-lift, aerolift, credithrift, tifft.

Adjectives that are often used to describe makeshift:
temporary, mere, poor, miserable, clumsy, more, best, only, cowardly, sorry, wretched, unsatisfactory, crude, useful, convenient, necessary, practical, rude, feeble, awkward, pure, obvious, provisional, artificial, decent, cheap, ingenious, inevitable, inadequate, merest, excellent, clear, satisfactory, weak, paltry, hasty, bad, sordid, bungling, somewhat, dangerous, technical, administrative, pretty, unfortunate, pathetic, rough, slovenly, pitiful, shoddy, intellectual, valuable, notable, vulgar, costly, lazy, barbarous, precarious, transitionary, methodological, wartime, humble, desperate, enough, clever, diplomatic, admirable, architectural, imperfect, expensive, mediocre, unpromising, arbitrary, shabby, simpler, brilliant, speculative, careless.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective makeshift:
bed, table, stage, shelters, hospital, arrangements, arrangement, shelter, camps, camp, office, room, quarters, bridge, huts, altar, tent, bandage, tents, raft, bar, desk, platform, studio, hospitals, beds, stretcher, equipment, solution, affair, shacks, kitchen, dwellings, weapons, houses, homes, repairs, laboratory, facilities, tables, rafts, housing, stalls, buildings, hut, structures, devices, ladder, prison, weapon, home, device, army, fashion, solutions, headquarters, grave, pillow, house, bridges, morgue, accommodation, measures, rope, stove, roof, podium, door, sling, building, barricades, barracks, tools, barricade, corral, center, wall, station, theater, curtain, fort, stages, clinic, floor, road, accommodations.

Words that sound like makeshift:
makeshift, make shift, make it, makes it, make a hit, mugshot, mug shot, make out, mix it, makeweight, make off, mishit, make right, maigret, backshift, night shift, nightshift, work shift, haycraft, mcafee, maquette, mcaffee, moquette, minecraft, miffed, mineshaft, moksha, match it, maked, making it, mcat, mudgett, magritte, day shift, make sure, dayshift, midgett, mine shaft, macafee, mcgriff, mugget, meggitt, make haste, make as if, moorcroft, make it hot, max out, hiccoughed, muck out, mannschaft.