Antonyms for makeshift

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : meyk-shift

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪkˌʃɪft

Definition of makeshift

Origin : also make-shift, 1560s, as a noun, "shifty person, rogue," from make (v.) + shift (v.). Adjectival sense of "substitute" is first recorded 1680s. Cf. make-sport "a laughing stock" (1610s).

adj temporary
noun temporary help

Example sentences :

"A makeshift budget" was introduced by Mr. Disraeli and passed.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

It was a makeshift barometer, the advertising gift of a yeast company.
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

It was a slovenly word, a makeshift for the hard broom of clean thought.
Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke

And Merrie England swarms with makeshift folk and breakdowns.
Extract from : « A Poor Man's House » by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

Those visits, between 1889 and 1905 were only occasional, a makeshift.
Extract from : « Lines in Pleasant Places » by William Senior

A cave or a rough shelter of boughs was a makeshift for a home.
Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe

A call from another of the makeshift tables claimed his attention.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

Because in that case there would have been no real redemption, but only a makeshift.
Extract from : « God's Plan with Men » by T. T. (Thomas Theodore) Martin

Of 10,000 beaten men and nothing better than makeshift apparatus?
Extract from : « The Airlords of Han » by Philip Francis Nowlan

The use of pellets instead of darts is probably an Indian makeshift.
Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

Synonyms for makeshift

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