Expedient

Adjective

 * 1) Simple, easy, or quick; convenient.
 * Most people, faced with a decision, will choose the most expedient option.

Related terms

 * expede
 * expedience
 * expediency
 * expedite
 * expedition

Noun

 * 1) An easy or simple method; a shortcut.
 * They increased profits by the simple expedient of selling a smaller bottle for the same price.

Adjectives for Expedient
seducing; astute; unlawful; financial; dangerous; temporary; favorite; happy; simple; unworthy; desperate; fertile; splendid; shifty; sensible; customary; physical; various (pi); effective; readiest.

Adverbs for Expedient
politically; immediately; wisely; necessarily; strategically; properly; undoubtedly; opportunely; luckily; eminently; ingeniously; indisputably; astutely; dangerously; temporarily; boldly; roughly; cleverly; subserviently; usefully; adaptably.

Thesaurus
action, ad hoc measure, advantageous, advisable, agency, answer, applicable, appropriate, apropos, art, artful dodge, artifice, auspicious, banausic, becoming, befitting, behind-the-scenes influence, beneficial, benevolent, blind, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, chicanery, cogent, commendable, commodious, congruous, conspiracy, contrivance, convenient, correct, countermove, coup, course of action, craft, cute trick, deceit, decent, demarche, dernier ressort, design, desirable, device, devices, dodge, effective, effort, elegant, employable, estimable, excellent, expediency, expedients, fair, fakement, famous, favorable, feasible, feint, felicitous, fetch, fine, fit, fitten, fitting, fortunate, fructuous, functional, gambit, game, gimmick, going between, good, good for, goodly, grand, grift, happy, healthy, helpful, hope, improvisation, influence, instrument, instrumentality, intermediation, intrigue, judicious, jugglery, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, kind, knavery, last expedient, last resort, last shift, laudable, likely, little game, lucky, machination, machinery, makeshift, maneuver, maneuvering, maneuvers, manipulation, means, measure, mechanism, mediation, medium, meet, move, nice, noble, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, opportune, pertinent, pis aller, pleasant, plot, ploy, politic, political influence, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, profitable, proper, propitious, providential, prudent, racket, recommendable, recommended, recourse, red herring, refuge, regal, resort, resource, right, ripe, royal, ruse, scheme, seasonable, seemly, service, serviceable, shake-up, shift, skillful, sleight, solution, sortable, sound, splendid, step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy, substitute, subterfuge, suitable, tactic, tactical, tactical maneuvers, tactics, temporary expedient, timely, to be desired, trick, trickery, trump, useful, utilitarian, valid, very good, virtuous, well-timed, wile, wily device, wire-pulling, wise, working hypothesis, working proposition, worthwhile

Etymology
From expediens: (stem expedient-), present participle of expedire: < ex: + pes:

Adjective

 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: целисходен, целесообразен


 * Norwegian: bekvemmelighet
 * Russian: простой, удобный

Noun

 * Italian:


 * Macedonian: целисходно средство