Thesaurus: expedient

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1. 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.
2. a. Quick; expeditious.
3. n. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
4. n. Means devised in an exigency; shift.
5. adj. serving to promote your interest
6. adj. appropriate to a purpose; practical
7. n. a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
8. 1. 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. It is expedient for you that I go away. John xvi. 7. Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a greater good to a less. Whately. 2. Quick; expeditious. [Obs.] His marches are expedient to this town. Shak. 1. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end. What sure expedient than shall Juno find, To calm her fears and ease her boding mind Philips. 2. Means devised in an exigency; shift. Syn. -- Shift; contrivance; resource; substitute.
9. j:68/n:32 n. a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one a. serving to promote your interest s. appropriate to a purpose; practical