makeshifts
Improvised temporary solutions
Makeshifts are temporary substitutes or improvised solutions used when the proper thing isn't available.
The word is the plural of makeshift, which more commonly appears as an adjective: a makeshift shelter, makeshift repairs.
As a noun, makeshifts emphasizes the objects or arrangements themselves: We survived on makeshifts until help arrived.
Temporary substitutes for permanence
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- jury-rigsImprovises temporary repairs
- quick fixesTemporary solutions, not thorough
- kludgesClumsy makeshift solutions
hacks · bodges · expedients · patchwork · lash-ups · field repairs · jerry-builds
Places offering protection
- lean-tosSingle-pitch roofed structures
- bivouacsTemporary outdoor shelters
- raftsFlat buoyant watercraft
- splintsRigid injury supports
tourniquets · snares · fire starters · spears · tools · weapons · stretchers · signal fires
Replacements for originals
- stand-insTemporary replacement people
- alternativesOther available options
- replacementsItems taking others' places
- surrogatesSubstitutes for others
fill-ins · pinch hitters · proxies · equivalents · found materials
stopgaps
Temporary substitutes for permanence
- workaroundsIndirect solutions to problems
- jury-rigsImprovises temporary repairs
- quick fixesTemporary solutions, not thorough
kludges · hacks · bodges · expedients · patchwork · lash-ups · field repairs · jerry-builds
shelters
Places offering protection
- lean-tosSingle-pitch roofed structures
- bivouacsTemporary outdoor shelters
- raftsFlat buoyant watercraft
splints · tourniquets · snares · fire starters · spears · tools · weapons · stretchers · signal fires · fishing lines
substitutes
Replacements for originals
- stand-insTemporary replacement people
- alternativesOther available options
- replacementsItems taking others' places
surrogates · fill-ins · pinch hitters · proxies · equivalents · found materials
- makeshift shelterCrude temporary refuge
- makeshift housingImprovised temporary dwelling
- makeshift homesImprovised temporary dwellings