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Main Entry:
makeshift [meyk-shift]
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
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Main Entry: crude
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unrefined, natural
Synonyms: amateurish, callow, coarse, green, harsh, homemade, homespun, immature, impure, in the rough, inexpert, makeshift, outline, prentice, primitive, raw, rough, rough-hewn, rude, rudimentary, rustic, simple, sketchy, thick, undeveloped, unfinished, unformed, ungraded, unmatured, unmilled, unpolished, unprepared, unprocessed, unproficient, unsorted, untaught, untrained, unworked, unwrought
Antonyms: formal, planned, refined, sophisticated, stilted
Main Entry: extemporaneous/extemporary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unrehearsed, improvised
Synonyms: ad hoc, ad lib, at first glance, automatic, by ear, casual, expedient, extempore, free, immediate, impromptu, improv, improvisatory, improviso, informal, jamming, made-up, makeshift, off the cuff, off the top of head, offhand, on impulse, on-the-spot, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, taking for ride, thought out loud, tossed off, tossed out, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unstudied, winging it
Antonyms: planned, prepared, read, rehearsed, written
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: interim
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: temporary
Synonyms: acting, ad interim, caretaker*, improvised, intervening, makeshift, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, stopgap, thrown-together
Antonyms: continual, permanent
Main Entry: jerry-built
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: flimsy
Synonyms: cheap, defective, insubstantial, jerry-rigged, junky, makeshift, ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod, unsound, unsubstantial
Notes: jerry-built means of inferior workmanship and materials, while jury-rigged means done or made using whatever is available
Main Entry: provisional
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: contingent, tentative
Synonyms: conditional, dependent, ephemeral, experimental, interim, limited, makeshift, passing, pro tem, provisionary, provisory, qualified, rough-and-ready, stopgap, temporary, test, transient, transitional
Antonyms: certain, definite, permanent
Main Entry: rude
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: crude, primitive
Synonyms: angular, artless, barbarous, callow, coarse, formless, fresh, green, ignorant, inartistic, inelegant, inexperienced, inexpert, makeshift, primal, raw, rough, roughhewn, roughly made, rudimental, rudimentary, shapeless, simple, uncivilized, unconversant, uncultivated, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, wild
Antonyms: polished, refined, sophisticated
Main Entry: shoddy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: in bad shape
Synonyms: base, broken-down, cheap, cheesy*, common, dilapidated, dingy, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gaudy, ignominious, inferior, inglorious, junky, makeshift, mean, not up to snuff, paltry, plastic, poor, pretentious, run-down, scruffy, second-rate, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, sleazy*, slipshod, tacky*, tawdry, trashy, unrespectable
Antonyms: fine, good, nice
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