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as in haunt
a place for spending time or for socializing the island port was once the resort of smugglers, pirates, and other unsavory characters

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as in opportunity
something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available use this money only as a last resort

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How is the word resort different from other nouns like it?

Some common synonyms of resort are expedient, makeshift, resource, shift, and stopgap. While all these words mean "something one turns to in the absence of the usual means or source of supply," resource and resort apply to anything one falls back upon.

exhausted all of their resources
a last resort

When is expedient a more appropriate choice than resort?

Although the words expedient and resort have much in common, expedient may apply to any device or contrivance used when the usual one is not at hand or not possible.

a flimsy expedient

When can makeshift be used instead of resort?

In some situations, the words makeshift and resort are roughly equivalent. However, makeshift implies an inferior expedient adopted because of urgent need or allowed through indifference.

old equipment employed as a makeshift

When would shift be a good substitute for resort?

The meanings of shift and resort largely overlap; however, shift implies a tentative or temporary imperfect expedient.

desperate shifts to stave off foreclosure

When could stopgap be used to replace resort?

While the synonyms stopgap and resort are close in meaning, stopgap applies to something used temporarily as an emergency measure.

a new law intended only as a stopgap

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Recent Examples of resort Rock the Tides will take place over three days — Nov. 7 – 9 — at two resorts in Riviera Maya: Barceló Riviera Maya and Barceló Maya Grand. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025 The couple — along with their three children Saxon, Sarah and Sam (played by Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola) — are among the people vacationing at the resort in Thailand. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Related Articles Colorado ski resorts are investing heavily in snowmaking. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025 Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a closet Monday at a Florida Keys resort. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for resort
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resort
Noun
  • Options include the spooky Charlotte Ghosted Tour — which spends an hour taking you to famous haunts around the city including Settler’s Cemetery and the Bootlegger House.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The seminal haunt celebrates its silver anniversary throughout the weekend of April 11-13 with a Cooperstown-like lineup of Loose Engines, Island of Black and White, Hayez, Mercy Me, Mind X, Elvis Cantu, Peter Petty, Stacie Eakes, Red’s Blues, Element Brass Band, Jimmy Pailer & Lew Fratis and more.
    Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Kaepernick’s longtime girlfriend Nessa Diab revealed the former San Francisco 49ers star, who knelt during the national anthem in 2016 in protest of racial injustice in the U.S., is still training for an NFL opportunity.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • As part of the transaction, Macquarie and Nomura have also agreed to collaborate on product and distribution opportunities.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The result will be to leave matters generally and Abrego Garcia specifically in an interminable limbo without recourse to law of any sort.
    TIME Staff, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
  • According to them, that means you— the person reading this article—could be expelled from the United States without meaningful recourse.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • New Orleans Saints: Kelvin Banks Jr., G/OT, Texas New Orleans has thrown numerous resources at its offensive line, spending first-round picks there in 2020, 2022, 2024 and now 2025.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Some were blocked from attending classes or accessing campus resources.
    Nik Popli, Time, 25 Apr. 2025

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“Resort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resort. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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