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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reply; reaction |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, antiphon, back talk, backcap, band-aid, close, comeback, comment, cooler, counterclaim, crack, defense, disclosure, echo, elucidation, explanation, feedback, guff, interpretation, justification, key, lip, observation, parting shot, pay dirt, plea, quick fix, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, remark, repartee, report, resolution, response, result, retort, return, rhetorical question, riposte, sign, solution, statement, thank-you note, the ticket, topper, vindication, wisecrack |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | expediency/expedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
| Synonyms: | band-aid, contrivance, design, device, dodge, easy way out, gimmick, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, method, recourse, resort, scheme, shift, step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, substitute, surrogate, tactic, trick |
| Main Entry: | improvised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made-up |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, ad-lib, autoschediastic, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, fly-by-night, hit-or-miss, impromptu, improviso, makeshift, offhand, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied |
| Antonyms: | designed, planned, premediated, rehearsed |
| Main Entry: | makeshift |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, alternative, expedient, hit-or-miss, make-do, provisional, quick-and-dirty, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, temp, throwaway |
| Antonyms: | complete, finished, permanent, ready |
| Main Entry: | patch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece applied to cover a gap or lack |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, application, appliqué, mend, reinforcement |
| Main Entry: | solution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer, resolution |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, clarification, elucidation, explanation, explication, key, pay dirt, quick fix, result, solving, the ticket, unfolding, unraveling, unravelment |
| Antonyms: | doubt, problem, quandary, question, trouble |
| Main Entry: | stopgap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporarily helping |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, emergency, expedient, impromptu, improvised, makeshift, practical, provisional, rough-and-ready, rough-and-tumble, substitute, temp, temporary, throwaway |
| Antonyms: | completed, finished, permanent, solved |
| Main Entry: | stopgap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temporary help |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, expediency, expedient, improvisation, makeshift, pis aller, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, shift, substitute, temporary expedient |
| Antonyms: | permanency, permanent, solution |
| Main Entry: | temporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lasting only a short while |
| Synonyms: | Band-Aid, acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, for the time being, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, interim, limited, make-do, makeshift, momentary, mortal, overnight, passing, perishable, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, provisory, shifting, short, short-lived, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, summary, supply, temp, transient, transitory, unfixed, unstable, volatile |
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