Defenition of the word expedient

• Defenition of the word expedient

  • Providing comfort.
  • serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"
  • appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"
  • a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
  • serving to promote your interest
  • appropriate to a purpose; practical

Synonyms for the word expedient

• • advantageous
  • advisable
  • appropriate
  • beneficial
  • convenient
  • device
  • fitting
  • maneuver
  • means
  • measure
  • method
  • necessary
  • practical
  • suitable
  • useful
  • utilitarian

Similar words in the expedient

• • advantageous
  • appropriate
  • convenient
  • expedient
  • expediently
  • expedients
  • opportunist
  • opportunistic
  • politic
  • timeserving
  • useful
  • utile

Hyponyms for the word expedient

• • crutch
  • improvisation
  • last resort
  • make-do
  • makeshift
  • pis aller
  • stopgap
  • temporary expedient

Hypernyms for the word expedient

• • agency
  • means
  • way

Antonyms for the word expedient

• • inexpedient

See other words

• • What is courteously
  • The definition of willingness
  • The interpretation of the word to all intents and purposes
  • What is meant by sociability
  • The lexical meaning for practical purposes
  • The dictionary meaning of the word in effect
  • The grammatical meaning of the word ineffectually
  • Meaning of the word profit
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word indecisively
  • The origin of the word impedes
  • Synonym for the word temporary solution
  • Antonyms for the word obstructive
  • Homonyms for the word impeded
  • Hyponyms for the word obstructiveness
  • Holonyms for the word reimbursement
  • Hypernyms for the word blockheads
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word obstructives
  • Translation of the word in other languages ceaseless