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All expedience synonyms

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noun expedience

  • advantage β€” An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
  • advantageousness β€” The state or quality of being advantageous.
  • advisability β€” proper to be suggested or recommended; desirable or wise, as a course of action: Is it advisable for me to write to him?
  • appositeness β€” The state of being apposite.
  • aptness β€” inclined; disposed; given; prone: too apt to slander others.
  • benefit β€” The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
  • convenience β€” If something is done for your convenience, it is done in a way that is useful or suitable for you.
  • desirability β€” worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
  • effectiveness β€” adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
  • efficiency β€” the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance.
  • fitness β€” health.
  • helpfulness β€” giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
  • judicious β€” using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.
  • meet β€” greatest lower bound
  • opportunism β€” the policy or practice, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs, of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to expediency or effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles.
  • opportunity β€” an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: Their meeting afforded an opportunity to exchange views.
  • order β€” an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
  • policy β€” a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
  • practicality β€” of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
  • pragmatism β€” character or conduct that emphasizes practicality.
  • profitability β€” yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.
  • properness β€” adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
  • propitious β€” presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
  • propriety β€” conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
  • prudence β€” a female given name.
  • rightness β€” correctness or accuracy.
  • suitability β€” such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
  • usefulness β€” being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society.
  • utilitarianism β€” the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons.
  • utility β€” the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: This chemical has no utility as an agricultural fertilizer.
  • resource β€” a source of supply, support, or aid, especially one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
  • band-aid β€” A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
  • contrivance β€” If you describe something as a contrivance, you disapprove of it because it is unnecessary and artificial.
  • design β€” When someone designs a garment, building, machine, or other object, they plan it and make a detailed drawing of it from which it can be built or made.
  • device β€” A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
  • dodge β€” to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
  • gimmick β€” an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
  • makeshift β€” a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
  • maneuver β€” a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • manoeuvre β€” a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
  • means β€” to have in mind as one's purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. Synonyms: contemplate.
  • measure β€” a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
  • method β€” a procedure, technique, or way of doing something, especially in accordance with a definite plan: There are three possible methods of repairing this motor.
  • recourse β€” access or resort to a person or thing for help or protection: to have recourse to the courts for justice.
  • resort β€” to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource: to resort to war.
  • scheme β€” a plan, design, or program of action to be followed; project.
  • shift β€” to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
  • step β€” Standard for the exchange of product model data
  • stopgap β€” something that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift: Candles are a stopgap when the electricity fails.
  • stratagem β€” a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
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