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
- "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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