Definition for Recourse:

• An appeal for aid or protection; as, to have recourse to the law; the person or thing to which one turns for aid; as, his purse was a recourse for all the needy.

Synonyms for Recourse:

• n.

  •
  • consumption,
  • implementation,
  • adoption,
  • usage,
  • exploitation,
  • wear,
  • application,
  • operation.
  •act (noun)
  • recourse,
  • resort.
  •alternative (noun)
  • remedy,
  • substitute,
  • choice,
  • way out,
  • stopgap,
  • stand-by,
  • expedient,
  • support.
  •appeal (noun)
  • Imploration,
  • Prayers,
  • adjuration,
  • importunity,
  • solicitation,
  • submissions,
  • questions,
  • submission,
  • adjurations,
  • solicitations,
  • Importunities.
  •expediency/expedience (noun)
  • de sign,
  • re-sort,
  • de-signs,
  • de-sign,
  • re sort,
  • easy way outs,
  • bandaids,
  • bandaid,
  • re-sorts,
  • de signs,
  • re sorts,
  • band aids,
  • band-aids.
  •expedient (noun)
  • gency.
  •last resort (noun)
  • last expedient,
  • last hope,
  • last resource,
  • ace in hole,
  • last-resort,
  • card up one's sleeve.
  •makeshift (noun)
  • re placement,
  • re-placement,
  • re placements,
  • pis allers,
  • re-placements.
  •refuge (noun)
  • stronghold,
  • harborages,
  • coverts,
  • harborage,
  • safe place,
  • hiding place.
  •request (noun)
  • commercials,
  • askings.
  •resource (noun)
  • quick-wittedness,
  • quickwittedness.
  •resourcefulness (noun)
  • re sourcefulnesses,
  • re-sourcefulnesses,
  • re-sourcefulness,
  • re sourcefulness.
  •stopgap (noun)
  • temporary expedient.
  •substitute (noun)
  • supplanter,
  • vicar,
  • changelings,
  • locum,
  • temp,
  • succedaneum,
  • temporaries,
  • Succedanea,
  • Temps,
  • changeling,
  • pinch-hitter,
  • procurators,
  • procurator,
  • locum tenens.
  •surrogate (noun)
  • substitute agents.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • option,
  • use.
  •call
  • request.
  •Other relevant words:
  • hang,
  • holiday resort,
  • measure,
  • Resources,
  • accuse,
  • assemble,
  • means,
  • resort to,
  • admittance,
  • benefit,
  • try,
  • have recourse to,
  • depend on,
  • capital,
  • take advantage of,
  • wherewithal,
  • cure,
  • excuse,
  • exert,
  • method,
  • usufruct,
  • mediation,
  • exercise,
  • lee,
  • incriminate,
  • haven,
  • invoke,
  • repeat,
  • machinery,
  • disposal,
  • Exercitation,
  • retreat,
  • recur,
  • reserve,
  • asylum,
  • renovation,
  • muster,
  • ways and means,
  • security,
  • dangle,
  • backup,
  • instrumentality,
  • agency,
  • impeach,
  • intermediation,
  • vacation spot,
  • beckon,
  • ways,
  • selection,
  • overhaul,
  • evoke,
  • recur to,
  • accusation,
  • dependence,
  • practice,
  • contingency plan,
  • play off,
  • appliance,
  • convene,
  • recourses,
  • stratagem,
  • string,
  • summon,
  • guard,
  • call,
  • trick,
  • cite,
  • stamping ground,
  • charm,
  • entreaty,
  • convoke,
  • handle,
  • pray,
  • repair,
  • resort hotel,
  • power,
  • supply,
  • mechanism,
  • hope,
  • subterfuge,
  • invite,
  • safety,
  • ply,
  • funds,
  • take up with,
  • Adhibition,
  • devices,
  • depend upon,
  • redress,
  • stock,
  • count on,
  • ask,
  • dernier ressort,
  • sanctuary,
  • contrivance,
  • dodge,
  • wherewith,
  • ruse,
  • wield,
  • avail oneself of,
  • depend,
  • protection,
  • conjure,
  • service,
  • profit by,
  • avail,
  • device,
  • shelter,
  • entree,
  • physical,
  • play,
  • revert,
  • capacity,
  • pretext,
  • availability,
  • return,
  • usefulness,
  • haunt,
  • playground,
  • fall back on,
  • opportunity,
  • evasion,
  • ability,
  • work,
  • entreat,
  • reparation,
  • resorts,
  • manipulate,
  • hangout.

Paraphrases for Recourse:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Resorting, appeals.
  • Proper noun, singular
    objections, grievances, aliens, appeals, resort, use.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Resorting, refuge, utilization, resort, reference, grievance, use, reparation, mobilisation, utilisation.
  • Adverb
    Remedies.
  • Verb, past tense
    Relied, Appealed, practiced, turned, applied, engaged, Brought, use.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    utilising, Relying, Practising, Availing, challenging, complaining, switching, coping, leveraging, Employing, Applying, tapping, Resorting.
  • Verb, past participle
    chosen, Relied, practised, Consulted, Referred, pursued, directed, imposed, Participated, measured, addressed, Appealed, Availed, sought, Invoked, Introduced, Regarded, Challenged, touched, employed, Lodged, Filed, hired, exploited, retained, abandoned, Deployed, contacted, Followed, sent, combined, expended, harnessed, exhausted, accomplished, turned, Served, activated, assisted, drawn, Performed, applied, Obtained, placed, engaged, tapped, adopted, handled, Carried, attempted, Claimed, called, Launched, Brought, accessed, resort.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    resort, use.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    responds, relies, utilizes, employs, applies, claims, resorts, acts, recours, uses, resort, use.
  • Verb, base form
    Resorting, resort, use.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    remedy.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Remedies, remedy.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    remedy.
  • Interjection
    Remedies.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    appealing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    Remedies.
  • Verb, base form
    remedy.

Antonyms for Recourse:

• n.

  • alternative
    injury, obstruction, permanent, blockage, stop, hindrance.

Recourse Sentence Examples:

• But I considered that it was impossible long to continue this wandering life, and that in the end I must have recourse to some of these savage tribes for assistance.

• Are you obliged to have recourse to such means?

Homophones for Recourse:

• resurge, rock rose, rush grass, ricrac, racecourse, rice grass, research, recharge, race horse, rock hyrax, rye grass, ricegrass, rock cress, rogers, rigorous, rush rose, recherche, regorge, rockrose, rush-grass, ryegrass, racehorse, regress, rockers, resource, rickrack, rockcress.

Hypernym for Recourse:

• n.

  • attribute
    shadow.

Hyponym for Recourse:

• n.

  • act
    assist, help, assistance, aid.
  • attribute
    resource.