meaning of expedient
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.
2. Quick; expeditious.
3. That which serves to promote or advance; suitable means to accomplish an end.
4. Means devised in an exigency; shift.
5. a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
Related Words
expedient | expediential | expediently |
