Synonyms of the word

make-do

• adj. improvised, makeshift.
• n. A temporary or makeshift expedient.

expedient

• adj. Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
• adj. Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.
• adj. Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
• adj. (obsolete) Quick; rapid; expeditious.
• n. A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

makeshift

• n. A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
• adj. Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

stopgap

• adj. Temporary; short-term.
• n. A temporary measure or short-term fix, a "gap filler", used until something better can be obtained; a…