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Band-Aid
adjective as in improvised
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in makeshift
Weak matches
adjective as in pro tem
Weak matches
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- interim
- limited
- make-do
- makeshift
- momentary
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
adjective as in short-range
Strongest match
Weak matches
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- interim
- limited
- make-do
- makeshift
- momentary
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- short-term
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
adjective as in short-term
Weak matches
- acting
- ad hoc
- ad interim
- alternate
- brief
- changeable
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fleeting
- for the time being
- fugacious
- fugitive
- impermanent
- make-do
- makeshift
- mortal
- overnight
- passing
- perishable
- pro tem
- pro tempore
- provisional
- provisory
- shifting
- short
- short-lived
- short-range
- slapdash
- stopgap
- substitute
- summary
- supply
- temp
- transient
- transitory
- unfixed
- unstable
- volatile
adjective as in stopgap
adjective as in temporary
Strong matches
noun as in answer
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in drop in the bucket
noun as in expediency/expedience
noun as in lick and a promise
noun as in patch
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in solution
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak matches
noun as in stopgap
Example Sentences
Consumer-goods giant Kimberly-Clark Corp. announced Monday a deal to buy Kenvue Inc., ending months of speculation about the future of the embattled maker of Tylenol, Band-Aid and Listerine.
Consumer goods giant Kimberly-Clark Corp. announced Monday a deal to buy Kenvue Inc., ending months of speculation about the future of the embattled maker of Tylenol, Band-Aid, and Listerine.
You got to rip the Band-Aid off and have these conversations.
In retrospect, it’s become clear that Kirk’s killing was barely a Band-Aid.
"We must accept the committed ice loss and put our full efforts into limiting further climatic warming rather than into ineffective geo-engineering strategies such as seeding clouds and covering glaciers. These are like putting an expensive Band-Aid on a bullet wound. The coming decades are a time for reflection, effective water management, and action to change public consciousness about human-caused climate change."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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