Definition of expedient Expedient
/ɪkspiˈdiʌnt/ - [ikspeedeeunt] - ex•pe•di•ent
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NounPlural: expedients |
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| expedient - a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | ||
| means, agency, way how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" | ||
| make-do, makeshift, stopgap something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency | ||
| crutch anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch" | ||
| temporary expedient, improvisation an unplanned expedient | ||
Adjective |
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| expedient - serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient" | ||
| inexpedient not suitable or advisable; "an inexpedient tactic" | ||
| advantageous giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" | ||
| convenient suited to your comfort or purpose or needs; "a convenient excuse for not going" | ||
| politic smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" | ||
| utile, useful being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society" | ||
| advantageous giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" | ||
| opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | ||
| expedient - appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty" | ||
| politic smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- expedient (a.)
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. - expedient (a.)
Quick; expeditious. - expedient (n.)
That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. - expedient (n.)
Means devised in an exigency; shift.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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expedient
Providing comfort.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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expedient
eks-pē′di-ent, adj. suitable: advisable: (Shak.) hasty.—n. that which serves to promote: means suitable to an end: contrivance.—ns. Expē′dience (Shak.), haste, despatch: expediency; Expē′diency, fitness: desirableness: self-interest.—adj. Expedien′tial.—adv. Expē′diently. [L. expediens, -entis, pr.p. of expedīre.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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expedient
A stratagem in warfare.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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expedient
A stratagem in warfare.
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🔤- expedient, noun, singular of expedients.
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