Associations to the word «Expedient»
Noun
- Sentiment
- Auditor
- Exclusion
- Instinct
- Avail
- Concession
- Taxation
- Danger
- Countryman
- Learner
- Courage
- Aristotle
- Disgrace
- Certainty
- Hit
- Nobility
- Proposition
- Indignation
- Colonization
- Magistrate
- Confederation
- Jealousy
- Resource
- Poverty
- Altogether
- Exercise
- Arising
- Affair
- Emigrant
- Delay
- Screw
- Levy
- Convenience
- Dominion
- Seaman
- Casting
- Motive
- Inequality
- Proceeding
- Lotus
- Alarm
- Thought
- Simpler
- Excellency
- Regulation
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
EXPEDIENT, adjective. Simple, easy, or quick; convenient.
EXPEDIENT, adjective. Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
EXPEDIENT, adjective. (obsolete) Quick; rapid; expeditious.
EXPEDIENT, noun. A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.
Dictionary definition
EXPEDIENT, noun. A means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one.
EXPEDIENT, adjective. Serving to promote your interest; "was merciful only when mercy was expedient".
EXPEDIENT, adjective. Appropriate to a purpose; practical; "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.