Synonyms for expedient
ɪkˈspi di əntex·pe·di·ent

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1. expedient

   Synonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

   Antonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

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1. expedientadjective

   a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

   Antonyms:
   impolitic, inadvisable, inexpedient

2. expedientadjective

   serving to promote your interest

   "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

   Antonyms:
   inadvisable, impolitic, inexpedient

3. expedientadjective

   appropriate to a purpose; practical

   "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

   Antonyms:
   inexpedient, impolitic, inadvisable

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expedientadjective

   Synonyms:
   fit, proper, suitable, advisable, desirable

2. expedientadjective

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, profitable, useful, for one's advantage, for one's interest

3. expedientnoun

   Synonyms:
   shift, resource, resort, contrivance, means

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1. List of paraphrases for "expedient":

   timely, appropriate, desirable, expeditious, convenient, expediency, opportune

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1. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   Socialism is the phantastic younger brother of despotism, which it wants to inherit. Socialism wants to have the fullness of state force which before only existed in despotism. ... However, it goes further than anything in the past because it aims at the formal destruction of the individual ... who ... can be used to improve communities by an expedient organ of government.

2. Oksana Tarasenko:

   As the next stage assumes a competitive comparison of the proposals, it is not expedient to name the banks.

3. Ben Carson:

   I've got to tell you something. I'm not politically correct, and I'm probably never going to be politically correct because I'm not a politician, politicians do what is politically expedient, and I want to do what's right.

4. John MacArthur:

   I believe our government is capitalizing on a politically expedient segment of its constituency in an effort to further dismantle Western civilization as we know it. To do this, it must outlaw its very foundation, which is rooted in a Judeo-Christian worldview. Bill C-4 is another brick laid in this effort and is evidence that our government is under the judgment of God.

5. Carolyn Wang:

   What we're building is a triage tool that will live on ProjectBaseline.com, and we plan to pilot it in California next week, our aspiration is for the triage tool to be used much more broadly over time. Initially, we're linking it with several sites in the Bay Area to test and iterate, and collaborating closely with organizations like Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp who are also working on additional approaches to making testing more accessible and expedient in other areas.