expediency[noun]Synonyms: suitability, advisability, benefit, convenience, pragmatism, profitability, prudence, usefulness, utility
Related Idioms: card up one's sleeve, means to an end
Related Words: propitiousness,
convenience,
design,
strategy,
tactic,
measure,
step [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ex‧pe‧di‧en‧cy /ɪkˈspiːdiənsi/ (
also ex‧pe‧di‧ence /-diəns/)
noun (
plural expediencies)
[uncountable and countable] action that is quickest or most effective in a particular situation, even if it is morally wrong:
the ethics of political expediency [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲