English adjective: expedient | |||
1. | expedient serving to promote your interest | ||
Samples | Was merciful only when mercy was expedient. | ||
Similar | advantageous, carpetbag, carpetbagging, opportunist, opportunistic, timeserving | ||
See also | advantageous, convenient, politic, useful, utile | ||
Antonyms | inexpedient | ||
2. | expedient appropriate to a purpose; practical | ||
Samples | In the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty. | ||
Similar | politic | ||
Antonyms | impolitic | ||
English noun: expedient | |||
1. | expedient (act) a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agency, means, way | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | crutch, improvisation, last resort, make-do, makeshift, pis aller, stopgap, temporary expedient | ||