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The word makeshift is in the Wiktionary

16 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • makeshift n. A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
  • makeshift adj. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
  • makeshift n. (Obsolete) A rogue; a shifty person.
  • make-shift adj. Alternative form of makeshift.
  • make-shift n. Alternative form of makeshift.
  • make␣shift v. (Dated) To contrive; to invent a way of surmounting a difficulty.
  • make␣shift adj. Alternative form of makeshift.
  • make␣shift n. Alternative form of makeshift.
— English words, defined in German —
  • makeshift Adj. So, dass es vorübergehend als (nicht optimale) Lösung dient.
  • makeshift S. Ein vorübergehend eingesetztes Mittel, ein mäßiger Ersatz.
— English word, defined in French —
  • makeshift adj. De fortune.
— English word, defined in Spanish —
  • makeshift adj. Provisional.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • makeshift adj. Provisório, temporário, substituto (e de pouca qualidade).
  • makeshift s. Alguma coisa (geralmente rudimentar) para uso provisório ou temporário.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • makeshift agg. Improvvisato, provvisorio, di fortuna.
  • makeshift s. Ripiego, scappatoia, espediente.
22 English words from 8 English definitions

Alternative contrive Dated difficulty form improvised insubstantial invent Made makeshift Obsolete person rogue shifty substituted substitution suffice surmounting temporary usually way work

7 English words from 8 foreign definitions

als dass Ersatz fortune Mittel para Provisional

25 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

Alguma coisa De␣fortune dient ein eingesetztes espediente fortuna geralmente Improvvisato Lösung mäßiger nicht optimale pouca provisório provvisorio qualidade Ripiego rudimentar scappatoia substituto temporário uso vorübergehend

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

makeshifts make-shifts make␣shifts makeshifty makeshiftness makeshiftiness

21 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ake Ake akes esh Esh ESH HIF if't kes Kes kesh Kesh mak Mak ma'k make makes shi Shi shift Shift

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eka- hse HSE IHS kam KAM Sek Seka

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

fishmarket makeshifts make-shifts make␣shifts makeshifty make␣shit␣of makes␣shift

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

made␣shift

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

makes␣shift


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