Definitions

pis aller

[pee za-ley] / pi zaˈleɪ /

NOUN

last resort

Synonyms

WEAK

ace in the hole card up one's sleeve dernier ressort last expedient last hope last resource recourse resort trump card

NOUN

makeshift

Synonyms

STRONG

expediency expedient recourse refuge replacement resort resource shift stopgap substitute

WEAK

last resort

Antonyms

STRONG

permanent

NOUN

mixed blessing

Synonyms

WEAK

doubtful advantage two-edged sword

NOUN

stopgap

Synonyms

STRONGEST

Band-Aid

STRONG

expediency expedient improvisation makeshift recourse refuge resort resource shift substitute

WEAK

temporary expedient

Antonyms

STRONG

permanent

WEAK

permanency solution

Example Sentences

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If pis aller sounds ominous, well, it is.

From Golf Digest

When I wouldn't take her place, a pis aller merely.

From Project Gutenberg

I don't offer you my work as a pis aller.

From Project Gutenberg

Substitutes for butcher’s meat too often suggest the purely vegetarian dish that to most people is but a pis aller.

From Project Gutenberg

It was nothing to either Herbert or me, for we both found Mrs. Day a much more lively pis aller in conversation than Eleanor.

From Project Gutenberg