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Synonyms for Rough and ready:
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adj.
• provisional- conditional ,
- dependent ,
- ephemeral ,
- experimental ,
- interim ,
- limited ,
- passing ,
- pro tem ,
- provisionary ,
- provisory ,
- qualified ,
- rough-and-ready ,
- stopgap ,
- temporary ,
- test ,
- transient ,
- transitional .
- Unfashioned ,
- austere ,
- cursory ,
- formless ,
- hard ,
- imperfect ,
- raw ,
- roughhewn ,
- rudimentary ,
- shapeless ,
- sketchy ,
- spartan ,
- uncompleted ,
- uncut ,
- undressed ,
- unfinished ,
- unformed ,
- unhewn ,
- unpolished ,
- unprocessed ,
- unwrought .
- ad-lib ,
- basic ,
- crude ,
- extemporaneous ,
- improvised ,
- jerry-built ,
- makeshift ,
- primitive ,
- provisional ,
- thrown together ,
- unrefined ,
- unsophisticated ,
- wild-and-woolly .
What are the hypernyms for Rough and ready?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
Other hypernyms:
crude, hasty, improvised, makeshift, rudimentary, slapdash, uncouth, unprepared, ill-prepared.
What are the opposite words for rough and ready?
Rough and ready is a phrase that is often used to describe something that is unfinished or unsophisticated. The antonyms for this phrase include polished, refined, and sophisticated. These words suggest that something has been worked on, refined, and perfected to a high degree, and is therefore more refined and sophisticated. Other antonyms for rough and ready include delicate, elegant, graceful, and ornate, which suggest a higher degree of aestheticism or beauty. These words have a more refined and delicate connotation and are often used to describe things that are more graceful, elegant, and refined than something that is rough and ready.
What are the antonyms for Rough and ready?
Famous quotes with Rough and ready
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I was little impressed with this rough and ready way of persuading people to renew their contracts and decided that I was now quite free of any obligations.
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My God and I are horsemen galloping in the burning sun or under drizzling rain. Pale, starving, but unsubdued, we ride and converse. "Leader!" I cry. He turns his face toward me, and I shudder to confront his anguish. Our love for each other is rough and ready, we sit at the same table, we drink the same wine in this low tavern of life.
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