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expedient
[ ik-spee-dee-uhnt ]
adjective
- tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances:
It is expedient that you go.
Synonyms: profitable, advantageous, desirable, appropriate, advisable
Antonyms: disadvantageous
- conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.
- acting in accordance with expediency, or what is advantageous.
noun
- a means to an end:
The ladder was a useful expedient for getting to the second floor.
- a means devised or employed in an exigency; resource; shift:
Use any expedients you think necessary to get over the obstacles in your way.
Synonyms: resort, contrivance, device
expedient
/ ɪkˈspiːdɪənt /
adjective
- suitable to the circumstances; appropriate
- inclined towards methods or means that are advantageous rather than fair or just
noun
- something suitable or appropriate, esp something used during an urgent situation
Derived Forms
- exˈpediently, adverb
Other Words From
- ex·pedi·ent·ly adverb
- nonex·pedi·ent adjective
- nonex·pedi·ent·ly adverb
- quasi-ex·pedi·ent adjective
- quasi-ex·pedi·ent·ly adverb
- unex·pedi·ent adjective
- unex·pedi·ent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of expedient1
Word History and Origins
Origin of expedient1
Example Sentences
We might call them the expedient and the economic.
Her and Daryl’s paths run parallel until about midway through the six-episode season, which is blessedly expedient as such stories go.
Constitution that directs the president to “give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.”
But the eye reflex test, on its own, could clear the way to more expedient autism diagnosis for kids today, saving families from long diagnostic odysseys.
Judge Colleen Lawless promised to rule “in an expedient manner.”
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