Thesaurus:kludge

Thesaurus

workaround

English

Verb

Sense: to build or use a temporary solution

Synonyms

• bodge
• cludge
• cobble together
• jury-rig
• kludge
• kluge
• knock together
• knock up
• MacGyver
• make-do
• patch
• patch-up

Antonyms

• engineer
• plan

Hyponyms

• frig
• fudge
• hack

Hypernyms

• build    [⇒ thesaurus]
• improvise
• repair    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:workaround (noun; the result of a kludge)

Further reading

• “660. restoration” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “kludge” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.