Expedient Synonyms and Antonyms

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Appropriate
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. advisable
  2. desirable
  3. recommendable
  4. fitting
  5. well
Antonyms:
  1. inexpedient
  2. inappropriate
  3. unworthwhile
  4. unprofitable
  5. unbeneficial
Advantageous
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. profitable
  2. useful
  3. convenient
  4. good
  5. fit
  6. practical
  7. politic
  8. proper
  9. suitable
  10. appropriate
  11. befitting
  12. advisable
  13. astute
  14. efficient
  15. expediential
  16. meet
  17. favorable
  18. opportune
  19. opportunistic
  20. tailor-made
  21. politically-correct
Something used temporarily or reluctantly when other means are not available
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. resource
  2. makeshift
  3. expediency
  4. stopgap
  5. advantageous
  6. advisable
  7. appropriate
  8. beneficial
  9. expedience
  10. fitness
  11. method
  12. shift
  13. opportune
  14. pis-aller
  15. politic
  16. possible
  17. means-to-an-end
  18. profitable
  19. proper
  20. scheme
  21. temporization
  22. useful
  23. wise
  24. worthwhile

Words Related to Expedient

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Expedient Sentence Examples

  • Before considering observational data, it is expedient to mention various sources of uncertainty.

  • But soon another and cheaper expedient presented itself.

  • Nothing could be more false than the common opinion that as a financier his sole expedient was to multiply the emissions of assignats.

  • But neither the one nor the other expedient availed him.

  • All puddles and collections of water should be filled in or drained; as a temporary expedient they may be treated with petroleum, which prevents the development of the larvae.

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