Associations to the word «Expedient»
Noun
- Revenue
- Accordance
- Counsel
- Conceit
- Israelites
- Hereafter
- Fuss
- Servitude
- Inconvenience
- Invention
- Lev
- Exchequer
- Attainment
- Fertility
- Perceiving
- Distrust
- Readiness
- Distress
- Disagreement
- Proper
- Prudence
- Chevalier
- Hearer
- Ratification
- Fallout
- Defamation
- Hemp
- Shift
- Abolition
- Consent
- Pretext
- Appropriation
- Sutra
- Offence
- Extremity
- Concealment
- Provision
- Rajah
- Genius
- Excise
- Intercourse
- Pretension
- Alteration
- Enactment
- Disposition
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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.