stopgap (n.)
- action
- ad-lib
- alternate
- alternative
- answer
- arrangement
- artifice
- backup
- bung
- cock
- contrivance
- cork
- counterfeit
- countermove
- coup
- demarche
- device
- dodge
- dummy
- effort
- emergency
- equivalent
- ersatz
- expediency
- expedient
- extemporization
- fake
- faucet
- gimmick
- imitation
- impromptu
- improvisation
- lid
- makeshift
- maneuver
- means
- measure
- mock
- move
- peg
- phony
- pin
- pinch
- plug
- proxy
- recourse
- refuge
- reserve
- resort
- resource
- rough-and-tumble
- secondary
- shake-up
- shift
- solution
- spare
- spigot
- spike
- spile
- spill
- step
- stop
- stopper
- stopple
- stratagem
- stroke
- substitute
- tactic
- tap
- temporary
- token
- trick
- trump
- utility
- valve