308 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ stˈɒpɡap], [ stˈɒpɡap], [ s_t_ˈɒ_p_ɡ_a_p]

Similar words for stopgap:

• expedient (adjective)
• interim (adjective)
• makeshift (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• provisional (adjective)
• short-range (adjective)
• short-term (adjective)
• stopgap (adjective)
• substitute (adjective)
• temporary (adjective)
• excuse (noun)
• expediency/expedience (noun)
• expedient (noun)
• makeshift (noun)
• measure (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• quick fix (noun)
• recourse (noun)
• refuge (noun)
• resort (noun)
• substitute (noun)
• surrogate (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "stopgap" in context?

Paraphrases for stopgap

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.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • pro tem,
  • provisional,
  • overnight,
  • provisionary,
  • for the time being,
  • make do,
  • unfixed,
  • makeshift,
  • transitional,
  • throwaway,
  • short-term,
  • tester,
  • supplier,
  • make-do,
  • thrown-together,
  • temp,
  • temporary,
  • provisory,
  • over night,
  • short-range,
  • thrown together,
  • interim.
  • 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.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • surrogate,
  • cover story,
  • why and wherefore,
  • copout,
  • cop-out,
  • Pis Aller,
  • shift,
  • replacement,
  • jives,
  • stopgap,
  • refuge,
  • evasion,
  • substitute agent,
  • jive,
  • expediency,
  • excuse,
  • resort,
  • cleanups,
  • coverup,
  • cop-outs,
  • measure,
  • cleanup,
  • expedience,
  • recourse,
  • band aid,
  • easy way out,
  • quick fix.
  • 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.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • substitute.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • improvisation,
  • device.
  • Other relevant words:
  • sticking-plaster.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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.

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• Other Related

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