Expedient

What do we mean by expedient?

Suitable or efficient for accomplishing a purpose. adjective

Convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle. adjective

Speedy; expeditious. adjective

Something that is a means to an end, especially when based on self-interest. noun

Something contrived or used to meet an urgent need. noun

Serving to promote or urge forward; quick; expeditious.

Direct; without deviation or unnecessary delay.

Tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances; advisable.

Conducive or tending to present advantage or self-interest.

Synonyms and Advisable, desirable, advantageous, profitable, useful, best, wise.

That which serves to promote or advance a desired result; any means which may be employed to accomplish an end. noun

Means devised or employed in an exigency; a shift; a device. noun

Synonyms Expedient, Resource, Resort, Contrivance, Device, Shift. Expedient, contrivance, and device indicate artificial means of escape from difficulty or embarrassment; resource indicates natural means or something possessed; resort and shift may indicate either. A shift is a temporary, poor, or desperate expedient. When one's resources begin to fail, one has recourse to contrivances, expedients, etc., and finally to almost any shift. Resort is less often applied to the thing resorted to than to the act of resorting. Contrivance and device suggest most of ingenuity. noun

Hastening or forward; hence, tending to further or promote a proposed object; fit or proper under the circumstances; conducive to self-interest; desirable; advisable; advantageous; -- sometimes contradistinguished from right or principled. adjective

Quick; expeditious. adjective

That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. noun

Means devised in an exigency; shift. noun

Simple, easy, or quick; convenient. adjective

Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest. adjective

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource. noun

A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

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Words that are spelled similarly to expedient:
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Words that rhyme with expedient:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe expedient:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective expedient:
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Words that sound like expedient:
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