Antonyms for makeshift
ˈmeɪkˌʃɪftmakeshift

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1. makeshift, stopgap, make-doadjective

   something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

   Antonyms:
   lasting, permanent

   Synonyms:
   make-do, stopgap

2. improvised, jury-rigged, makeshiftadjective

   done or made using whatever is available

   "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

   Antonyms:
   permanent, lasting

   Synonyms:
   improvised, jury-rigged

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1. makeshiftnoun

   Synonyms:
   expedient, substitute

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bespeak/bespoke

   to order or reserve (something) in advance. to order for a particular customer or application. the process is totally opposite of makeshift. bespoke is totally thought out and prepared process. makeshift is last minute unprepared and of poor design and construction.

   rolls royce offers full customisation of their vehicles to the liking of their clientele. bespoke vehicles such as this can stay in families for generations.

   Submitted by dshetayh on July 1, 2020  

How to use makeshift in a sentence?

1. Yuri Lapshin:

   The hydrotechnical structure was built in a makeshift way, as I surmise, in violation of all conceivable and inconceivable standards.

2. Tulane University:

   The comment was written on a makeshift wall on our private property, normally used for a game of capture the flag, to mock the ideologies of a political candidate.

3. Carl Mueller:

   She was held in many prisons, she was held in solitary confinement. She was tortured. She was intimidated. She was ultimately raped by al-Baghdadi himself. The Obama administration was criticized over a reported 2015 rescue mission that targetedfour prisoners heldat a makeshift ISIS prison. By the time U.S. commandos stormed the compound, the hostages were already gone. Some relatives and people who worked on the raid blamed the White House for not acting swiftly enough on giving the mission a green light. Specific intelligence had emerged in late Mayproviding officials with the hostages likely location -- including a building, sources told Fox News at the time. The intelligence was described as being.

4. Luis Gutierrez:

   Even though The President dropped the ball, The President is now doing a victory dance in the end zone, or should we call it the dead zone ? Trump's comments also drew swift condemnation from elected officials and residents of the island, where blackouts remain common, 60,000 homes still have makeshift roofs and 13 percent of municipalities lack stable phone or internet service. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in a Facebook post in Spanish, the victims of Puerto Rico, and the people of Puerto Rico in general, do not deserve to be questioned about their pain. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yuln Cruz, a Democrat who has sparred with President Trump multiple times, tweeted that President Trump is so vain President Trump thinks this is about President Trump. NO IT IS NOT. In New York, which has the largest Puerto Rican population in the mainland United States, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called Trump’s tweets.

5. Gulfport Police Department -RRB- Woodman:

   Inside the mini-bus, officers found a bin of mostly perishable food that had been left unrefrigerated. There was a five-gallon bucket near the front door that was designated as a makeshift toilet and a propane tank inside the passenger area. The children had no clothing other than what they were wearing.

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