Synonyms for Stopgap:

• adj.

  •expedient (adjective)
  • juryrigged,
  • practical.
  •interim (adjective)
  • ad interim,
  • acting,
  • intervening,
  • pro tempore.
  •makeshift (adjective)
  • hit-or-miss,
  • alternative,
  • slapdash,
  • quick-and-dirty.
  •provisional (adjective)
  • experimental,
  • test,
  • dependent,
  • qualified,
  • limited,
  • conditional.
  •short-range (adjective)
  • tactical.
  •short-term (adjective)
  • shortterm,
  • short term.
  •stopgap (adjective)
  • band-aid.
  •substitute (adjective)
  • Substitutive,
  • proxier,
  • vicarial.
  •temporary (adjective)
  • over-night,
  • un fixed,
  • un stablest,
  • more overnight,
  • for time being,
  • un-fixed,
  • most overnight,
  • un stable,
  • un-stablest,
  • most shifting,
  • short lived,
  • suppliest,
  • un-stable,
  • more unfixed,
  • un stabler,
  • most unfixed,
  • shortlived,
  • un-stabler.

• n.

  •
  • help,
  • expedient.
  •excuse (noun)
  • grounds,
  • semblance,
  • alibi,
  • whitewash,
  • defense,
  • apology,
  • extenuation,
  • story,
  • mitigation,
  • routine,
  • song and dance,
  • disguise,
  • rationalization,
  • subterfuge,
  • stall,
  • plea,
  • pretext,
  • vindication,
  • justification,
  • fish story,
  • regrets.
  •expediency/expedience (noun)
  • means,
  • dodge,
  • stratagem,
  • gimmick,
  • scheme,
  • method,
  • design,
  • trick,
  • maneuver,
  • tactic,
  • step,
  • strategy,
  • contrivance.
  •expedient (noun)
  • instrumentality,
  • instrument,
  • medium,
  • gency.
  •makeshift (noun)
  • last resort.
  •measure (noun)
  • limit,
  • procedure,
  • action,
  • project,
  • control,
  • moderation,
  • course,
  • proposition,
  • deed,
  • restraint,
  • strategem,
  • limitation,
  • Measures,
  • proceeding,
  • act,
  • proposal,
  • effort,
  • agency,
  • move,
  • bounds.
  •quick fix (noun)
  • quick-fix.
  •recourse (noun)
  • stand by.
  •refuge (noun)
  • stronghold,
  • safe place,
  • hiding place,
  • coverts,
  • harborages,
  • harborage.
  •resort (noun)
  • re-sort,
  • re sorts,
  • re-lief,
  • re sort,
  • re-sorts,
  • re lief.
  •substitute (noun)
  • Temps,
  • vicar,
  • Succedanea,
  • procurator,
  • changelings,
  • temporaries,
  • locum,
  • procurators,
  • pinch-hitter,
  • supplanter.
  •surrogate (noun)
  • substitute agents.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • improvisation,
  • device.
  •Other relevant words:
  • change,
  • equivalent,
  • scapegoat,
  • demarche,
  • reinstate,
  • atypical,
  • changeling,
  • string,
  • unpredictable,
  • double,
  • transfer,
  • deputize,
  • reimburse,
  • ersatz,
  • faucet,
  • phony,
  • valve,
  • proxy,
  • tentative,
  • stopple,
  • pin,
  • offhand,
  • emergency,
  • mock,
  • dummy,
  • fake,
  • passing,
  • fugitive,
  • extempore,
  • locum tenens,
  • extemporaneousness,
  • jury-rig,
  • transitory,
  • exchange,
  • Improvisatorial,
  • ad-libbing,
  • impermanent,
  • rough-and-ready,
  • spill,
  • interchange,
  • lid,
  • restore,
  • spile,
  • cock,
  • succeed,
  • Improviso,
  • fleeting,
  • utility,
  • deputise,
  • improvised,
  • fill-in,
  • arrangement,
  • short-lived,
  • spike,
  • counterfeit,
  • renew,
  • extemporary,
  • spigot,
  • stroke,
  • unorthodox,
  • evanescent,
  • ephemeral,
  • reserve,
  • course of action,
  • resource,
  • displace,
  • backup,
  • cork,
  • last expedient,
  • replace,
  • ad-lib,
  • token,
  • countermove,
  • unrehearsed,
  • jury-rigged,
  • temporary expedient,
  • quid pro quo,
  • spare,
  • supplant,
  • jury mast,
  • alternate,
  • stopper,
  • conversion,
  • artifice,
  • warming pan,
  • dernier ressort,
  • brief,
  • repay,
  • succedaneum,
  • Improvision,
  • bung,
  • filler,
  • switch,
  • trump,
  • ad libitum,
  • off the cuff,
  • temporal,
  • tap,
  • coup,
  • stop,
  • imitation,
  • vicarious,
  • jury-rigged expedient,
  • playing by ear,
  • plug,
  • answer,
  • transient,
  • irregular,
  • supersede,
  • stand-by,
  • impromptu,
  • spell,
  • extemporaneous,
  • improvise,
  • check valve,
  • ad hoc,
  • commute,
  • rough-and-tumble,
  • improvisational,
  • extemporization,
  • secondary,
  • working hypothesis,
  • ad hoc measure,
  • peg,
  • underground,
  • shake up,
  • momentary,
  • pinch.

Paraphrases for Stopgap:

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    short-term, palliative.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    palliative.

Antonyms for Stopgap:

• adj.

  • interim
    continual.
  • makeshift
    ready, complete.
  • provisional
    definite, certain.
  • stopgap
    finished, completed, permanent, solved.

• n.

  • measure
    inaction, ignorance.
  • stopgap
    solution, permanency.