expedient
[noun]
Synonyms:
- means, contrivance, device, makeshift, measure, method, resort, scheme, stopgap
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- advantageous, appropriate, beneficial, convenient, effective, helpful, opportune, practical, suitable, useful

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Antonyms: inexpedient
Contrasted words: deleterious, detrimental, harmful, hurtful, injurious, fruitless, futile, vain, inappropriate, uncalled-for, unfitting, unsuitable, impolite, imprudent, inadvisable, injudicious, unwise
Related Words: advantageous, beneficial, convenient, practical, profitable, useful, utilitarian, opportune, seasonable, timely, well-timed, feasible, possible, practicable, appropriate, fit, fitting, suitable, judicious, agency, instrument, instrumentality, means, medium

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I. ex‧pe‧di‧ent¹ /ɪkˈspiːdiənt/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin, present participle of expedire; ⇒ expedite]
helping you to deal with a problem quickly and effectively although sometimes in a way that is not morally right Antonym : inexpedient:
This solution is politically expedient but may well cause long-term problems.
expedient to do something
We think it is expedient to make a good-will gesture to the new administration.

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II. expedient² noun [countable]
a quick and effective way of dealing with a problem:
Moore escaped by the simple expedient of lying down in a clump of grass.

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expedient
adj.
VERBS be, prove | become | consider sth, deem sth, think sth | find sth The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.
ADV. politically

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