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What is another word for
stopgap
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▲
Adjective
Serving as a temporary or short-term means or measure
Of or pertaining to the near or immediate future
Noun
A temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need
To study a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the usual performer when required
An undertaking or course of action taken to achieve a particular aim or goal
A quantity of soft material that fills or is used to fill something
A word or phrase used to fill out a sentence or a line of verse without adding to the sense
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Adjective
▲
Serving as a temporary or short-term means or measure
temporary
provisional
makeshift
substitute
acting
interim
caretaker
impromptu
improvised
temp
emergency
working
expedient
throwaway
jury
practical
fill-in
short-term
stand-in
pro tem
rough-and-ready
band-aid
jury-rigged
rough and ready
transitional
provisory
ad interim
reserve
make-do
pro tempore
provisionary
replacement
surrogate
substitutive
standby
changeover
alternate
alternative
tentative
backup
pinch-hitting
deputy
ad hoc
relief
slapdash
intervening
proxy
supplementary
supplemental
conditional
contingent
ersatz
second-string
impermanent
extra
locum
supply
additional
auxiliary
quick-and-dirty
experimental
preliminary
pop-up
test
non-permanent
extemporary
extempore
TBC
dependent
rough
qualified
unfinished
limited
interregnal
draft
US
outline
draught
UK
transient
expediential
pencilled in
subject to confirmation
spare
new
to be confirmed
ancillary
second
supernumerary
fall-back
unfixed
changeable
in-between
thrown together
dummy
fallback
holding
overnight
vanishing
cobbled together
hit-or-miss
for the time being
adoptive
foster
in reserve
short-lived
thrown-together
fly-by-night
secondary
back-up
another
other
cover
subsidiary
sub
surplus
complementary
accessory
supporting
free
fresh
assistant
in store
different
possible
understudy
redundant
superfluous
unused
support
non-standard
adjutant
delegated
leftover
optional
supererogatory
duplicate
peripheral
accessorial
contributory
appurtenant
adjuvant
adjunct
subordinate
junior
associate
back up
lesser
lower
subservient
attendant
younger
minor
inferior
smaller
lowly
youngest
under
less
lower-level
second-rate
low-ranking
second-class
low-grade
lower-ranking
second-fiddle
vice-
less important
sub-
more ❯
“It was only ever intended as a
stopgap
solution.”
Adjective
▲
Of or pertaining to the near or immediate future
short-term
temporary
brief
passing
momentary
transient
impermanent
ephemeral
transitory
fleeting
provisional
interim
short
evanescent
acting
fugacious
fugitive
makeshift
provisory
substitute
provisionary
limited
volatile
alternate
temp
perishable
unstable
shifting
changeable
unfixed
overnight
slapdash
summary
mortal
supply
immediate
instant
short-lived
make-do
ad interim
pro tem
ad hoc
pro tempore
band-aid
short-range
for the time being
intervening
present
impromptu
caretaker
fill-in
stand-in
rough-and-ready
non-permanent
pop-up
flitting
flash
deciduous
flying
fading
fly-by-night
here today and gone tomorrow
quick
cursory
vanishing
hasty
instantaneous
meteoric
swift
temporal
rapid
mutable
moving
flash in the pan
sudden
rushed
shortlived
fly by night
erratic
perfunctory
episodic
unenduring
abrupt
hurried
curtailed
tenuous
vaporous
not permanent
elusive
flighty
insubstantial
flashing
impulsive
gone in flash
in wink of an eye
more ❯
Noun
▲
A temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need
expedient
resort
expediency
makeshift
recourse
substitute
contrivance
refuge
shift
improvisation
temporary solution
temporary measure
stand-in
band-aid
last resort
temporary expedient
pis aller
quick fix
short-term fix
resource
device
measure
manoeuvre
UK
maneuver
US
means
scheme
stratagem
method
move
tactic
machination
step
artifice
plan
instrument
option
course of action
alternative
possibility
course
trick
ruse
medium
ploy
plot
way
tool
choice
dodge
hope
remedy
hack
help
palliative
relief
source of assistance
strategy
agency
possible course of action
way out
system
replacement
subterfuge
contraption
mode
appliance
wile
aid
jury-rigged expedient
process
route
support
craft
agent
project
vehicle
ministry
evasion
arrangement
appeal
outlet
exit
opening
gambit
equivocation
deception
stand-by
available resource
practicality
expedience
hoax
place to turn to
person to turn to
make-do
fetch
lurk
instrumentality
invention
solution
opportunity
chance
source of help
something to turn to
someone to turn to
more ❯
“Forest sinks are therefore only a
stopgap
measure - but they are a useful one, and an essential part of the policy mix.”
Noun
▲
To study a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the usual performer when required
understudy
substitute
replacement
reserve
backup
cover
relief
surrogate
sub
proxy
deputy
locum
standby
alternate
double
alternative
successor
second
supply
ancillary
stand-in
fill-in
locum tenens
pinch hitter
pinch-hitter
stand-by
designated hitter
representative
delegate
makeshift
temp
substitution
placeholder
temporary
spare
body double
second string
backfill
ring-in
someone else
equivalent
depute
interim
filler
supplanter
changeling
assistant
succedaneum
temporary expedient
agent
factor
expedient
resort
resource
expediency
recourse
refuge
substitute agent
extra
auxiliary
fallback
DH
secondary
accompaniment
support
temporary worker
reinforcement
supply teacher
casual worker
fall-back
contingency
scab
blackleg
backup plan
plan B
contingency strategy
contingency plan
strikebreaker
more ❯
Noun
▲
An undertaking or course of action taken to achieve a particular aim or goal
action
undertaking
act
exercise
venture
operation
activity
endeavour
UK
enterprise
deed
process
endeavor
US
move
effort
procedure
step
proceeding
measure
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
work
initiative
course
expedient
stratagem
steps
agency
measures
energy
proceedings
device
resort
transaction
application
exertion
procedures
reaction
response
conscientiousness
diligence
undertakings
acts
course of action
immediate action
means
control
shift
program
US
programme
UK
makeshift
legal action
project
pursuit
campaign
exploit
task
scheme
affair
engagement
movement
adventure
plan
attempt
play
crusade
mission
assignment
caper
striving
implementation
thing
coordination
tactic
job
motion
labour
UK
business
labor
US
performance
drive
quest
expedition
essay
push
blitz
hazard
investment
deal
stunt
gamble
drill
plan of action
pet project
game plan
ground plan
occupation
strategy
démarche
happening
go-down
doing
antic
detail
dealings
deployment
charge
post
maneuvering
US
brief
ploy
trick
event
dodge
tack
manoeuvring
UK
shifting
gambit
ruse
progress
path
route
development
channels
lesson
progression
training
evolution
growth
toil
pains
struggle
travail
sweat
trouble
proposition
industry
graft
moil
concern
outfit
proposal
interest
strain
yakka
escapade
experiment
feat
conception
suggestion
plunge
fling
exploration
flutter
purpose
idea
wheeze
stake
expenditure
trial
bag
do
romp
speculation
ballgame
try
game
cause
trade
baby
setup
risk
while
force
assiduousness
assiduity
big idea
follow through
hard work
blood, sweat and tears
hard pull
elbow grease
leap in the dark
more ❯
Noun
▲
A quantity of soft material that fills or is used to fill something
filler
padding
fill
filling
stuffing
wadding
packing
makeweight
lining
cushioning
quilting
insulation
upholstery
packaging
bulk
down
protection
batting
batt
bat
buffer
peanuts
Styrofoam
puff
pad
liner
inlay
layer
wad
shim
infill
refill
kapok
flock
feathers
tomentum
duck down
pack
caulking
covering
furniture
covers
furnishings
material
fabric
mass
lump
wodge
plug
more ❯
Noun
▲
A word or phrase used to fill out a sentence or a line of verse without adding to the sense
expletive
filler
placeholder
blabber
blah
claptrap
drivel
gobbledygook
hooey
nonsense
rubbish
twaddle
poppycock
gap-filler
space-filler
dummy word
nonsense word
filler word
linguistic placeholder
fill-in
meaningless phrase
meaningless word
superfluous word
unnecessary phrase
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redundant word
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