stopgap
- something that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift: Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.
- makeshift: This is only a stopgap solution.
Origin of stopgap
Synonyms for stopgap
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Band-Aid, temporary, emergency, makeshift, expedient, impromptu, rough-and-tumble, substitute, temp, throwaway, recourse, expediency, shift, improvisation, resort, resource, refuge, improvised, practical, provisionalExamples from the Web for stopgap
Contemporary Examples of stopgap
He has left millions of homeowners to fend for themselves, and even his health care plan is really only a stopgap measure.
His “strategists” have concocted a series of stopgap tactics.
As for Fattorosi of XPays, he sees the lawsuits as only a stopgap.
But even Joffe admits that a better radar and rapid reaction system is only a partial, stopgap solution.
Historical Examples of stopgap
She was going as a stopgap to speak at a large meeting to oblige Angelica.
The Beth BookSarah Grand
The stopgap was such that it must remain as it was; and every further effort was useless.
Toilers of the SeaVictor Hugo
Because Brownlee knows why I'm looking for a cure to replace the stopgap.
Nor Iron Bars a Cage....Gordon Randall Garrett
But he knew that they were only a stopgap, only a temporarily shoring of a constantly-eroding dam.
The Dueling MachineBenjamin William Bova
It's a stopgap effort, just to keep things moving until Project Sea-Dredge starts functioning.
The Hunted HeroesRobert Silverberg
stopgap
- a temporary substitute for something else
- (as modifier)a stopgap programme