makeshift

Plural: makeshifts

Noun

• something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
• A temporary (usually insubstantial) substitution.
• A rogue; a shifty person.

Adjective Satellite

• done or made using whatever is available
  • "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"

Adj

• Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

Examples

• They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.

Synonyms

improvised, jury-rigged, make-do, stopgap

Related Words

make shift

Anagrams of makeshift