'stopgap' definitions:
Definition of 'stopgap'
From: WordNet
Synonyms of 'stopgap'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- ad hoc,
- ad hoc measure,
- ad lib,
- ad libitum,
- ad-lib,
- ad-libbing,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- answer,
- arrangement,
- artifice,
- backup,
- band-aid,
- bung,
- check valve,
- cock,
- contrivance,
- cork,
- counterfeit,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- demarche,
- dernier ressort,
- device,
- dodge,
- dummy,
- effort,
- emergency,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- expediency,
- expedient,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporaneousness,
- extemporariness,
- extemporary,
- extempore,
- extemporization,
- fake,
- faucet,
- gimmick,
- imitation,
- impromptu,
- improvisation,
- improvisational,
- improvisatorial,
- improvise,
- improvised,
- improvision,
- improviso,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- lid,
- makeshift,
- makeshifty,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- mock,
- move,
- off-the-cuff,
- offhand,
- peg,
- phony,
- pin,
- pinch,
- pis aller,
- playing by ear,
- plug,
- pro tempore,
- provisional,
- proxy,
- recourse,
- refuge,
- reserve,
- resort,
- resource,
- rough-and-ready,
- rough-and-tumble,
- sea cock,
- secondary,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- solution,
- spare,
- spigot,
- spike,
- spile,
- spill,
- step,
- stop,
- stopper,
- stopple,
- stratagem,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- substitute,
- tactic,
- tap,
- temporary,
- temporary arrangement,
- temporary expedient,
- temporary measure,
- tentative,
- token,
- trick,
- trump,
- unrehearsed,
- utility,
- valve,
- vicarious,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition