stopgap
/ˈstɒpɡap
/noun
A temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need: transplants are only a stopgap until more sophisticated alternatives can work...
- That's the thing about ‘interim’ constitutions: They're stopgaps and place-holders until the real thing can be thrashed out.
- However, yesterday, the muddy white sheets were also on their way to the dump after being used as a stopgap measure to hold back the floods.
- The monarchical institutions established in 1814 were thus no more than a temporary stopgap.
Synonyms
temporary solution, improvisation, expedient, makeshift, last resort;
substitute, stand-in
temporary, provisional, interim, pro tem, short-term, working, makeshift, improvised, emergency, impromptu, rough and ready;
caretaker, acting, stand-in, fill-in;
Nautical jury-rigged, jury
rare expediential
- have bats in the (or one's) belfry
- have-been
- have been around
- have been around the block (a few times)
- have been known to do something
- have been there before
- have blood on one's hands
- have clean hands
- have designs on
- have every confidence in
- have everything
- have eyes bigger than one's stomach (or belly)
- have eyes in the back of one's head
- have eyes like a hawk
- have eyes like saucers
- have got
- have-got
- have (got) a good head on one's shoulders
- have (got) another think coming
- have got it bad (or badly)
- have (got) it in for
- have (got) it in one (to do something)
- have (got) it made
- have (got) no idea
- have (got) nothing on