Meanings
plural workarounds · alternative work-around
- idiomaticA means or method of circumventing an obstacle, particularly one arising from constraints, laws or regulatory requirements.
More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing.
2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020 - project managementAn impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَحَاشٍ, تَجَنُّب
- تَحَاشٍ (taḥāšin)a temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- تَجَنُّب (tajannub)a temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
Dutch tijdelijke oplossing
- tijdelijke oplossinga temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
Finnish väliaikainen korjaus, viritys
- väliaikainen korjaus(computing) a procedure or a temporary fix
- viritysa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- temppua temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
French contournement, solution
- contournement(computing) a procedure or a temporary fix
- solutiona temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- bidouillagea temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- magouillagea temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- trucagea temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
German Workaround
- Workaround(computing) a procedure or a temporary fix
Italian workaround, scappatoia
- workaround(computing) a procedure or a temporary fix
- scappatoia(project management) an impromptu and temporary response
- espedientea temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- truccoa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- stratagemmaa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- marchingegnoa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
Polish obejście, obejście
- obejście(computing) a procedure or a temporary fix
- obejście(project management) an impromptu and temporary response
- obejściea temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
Portuguese contornar, ajuste
- contornara temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- ajustea temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- jeitinhoa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
Russian костыль, хак
- костыль (kostylʹ)(computing) a procedure or a temporary fix
- хак (xak)(computing) a procedure or a temporary fix
- обходное решение (obxodnoje rešenije)a temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- трюк (trjuk)a temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
Spanish elusión, solución alternativa
- elusióna temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- solución alternativaa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- ajustea temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- arregloa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- paliativoa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- método alternoa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- circunvalacióna temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- baipása temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- puenteoa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- acomodacióna temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- burlaa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
- circunvenimientoa temporary means of overcoming some obstacle
Cite this entry
workaround. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workaround
“workaround.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workaround. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “workaround,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workaround.
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