Synonyms for expedient
ɪkˈspi di əntex·pe·di·ent

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1. expedient

   Synonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

   Antonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, deceitful, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expedientadjective

   a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one

   Antonyms:
   impolitic, inadvisable, inexpedient

2. expedientadjective

   serving to promote your interest

   "was merciful only when mercy was expedient"

   Antonyms:
   inadvisable, impolitic, inexpedient

3. expedientadjective

   appropriate to a purpose; practical

   "in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty"

   Antonyms:
   inexpedient, impolitic, inadvisable

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expedientadjective

   Synonyms:
   fit, proper, suitable, advisable, desirable

2. expedientadjective

   Synonyms:
   advantageous, profitable, useful, for one's advantage, for one's interest

3. expedientnoun

   Synonyms:
   shift, resource, resort, contrivance, means

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "expedient":

   timely, appropriate, desirable, expeditious, convenient, expediency, opportune

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How to use expedient in a sentence?

1. Former President Obama:

   I hope that current members of Congress recall that it actually doesn’t take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful … but it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable and the sick and the infirm and those who often have no access to the corridors of power, i hope they understand that courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe deep in their hearts is right.

2. Oksana Tarasenko:

   As the next stage assumes a competitive comparison of the proposals, it is not expedient to name the banks.

3. Nicole Malliotakis:

   What we're seeing from our elected leaders is they want to follow the silence only when it fits their narrative and what's politically, politically expedient for them, you're seeing this on the education front with President Biden and you're also seeing it, by the way, with reopening our restaurants here in New York City.

4. Mark Cohen:

   He's letting leases expire, he's abandoning stores. He keeps them open if it's expedient to stay open, obviously, they are all going to be gone shortly. You can count on that.

5. George Bernard Shaw:

   Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time.