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expedient - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: expedient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: worthwhile, appropriate
Synonyms: ad hoc, advantageous, advisable, beneficial, convenient, desirable, discreet, effective, feasible, fit, fitting, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, prudent, seasonable, suitable, tactical, timely, useful, utilitarian, wise
Antonyms: inappropriate, inexpedient, unprofitable, unbeneficial, unworthwhile
Main Entry: expedient
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: resource
Synonyms: contrivance, device, instrument, instrumentality, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, medium, method, recourse, refuge, resort, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute, gency
Main Entry: advantageous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: favorable
Synonyms: auspicious, beneficial, expedient, fortunate, helpful, opportune, profitable, propitious, worthwhile, for the best
Main Entry: advisable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: recommended, wise
Synonyms: appropriate, apt, commendable, desirable, expedient, fit, fitting, judicious, politic, prudent, seemly, sensible, sound, suggested, suitable, tactical
Antonyms: improper, imprudent, inadvisable, inappropriate, injudicious, unwise, uncorrect
Main Entry: excuse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reason, explanation
Synonyms: alibi, apology, cover*, defense, disguise, evasion, expedient, extenuation, fish story*, grounds, justification, makeshift, mitigation, plea, pretext, routine, semblance, shift, song*, song and dance*, stall, stopgap*, story, substitute, subterfuge, trick*, vindication, whitewash*, cleanup, cop-out, cover story, coverup, jive*, rationalization, regrets, why and wherefore
Notes: an alias is an assumed name, an alibi is a form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed, while an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness
a pardon is the act of excusing a mistake or offense; an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness
Main Entry: extemporaneous/extemporary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unrehearsed, improvised
Synonyms: ad hoc, automatic, casual, expedient, extempore, free, immediate, impromptu, informal, made-up, makeshift, off the cuff*, offhand, snap, spontaneous, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unstudied, ad lib, at first glance, by ear, improv, improvisatory, improviso, jamming, off the top of head, on impulse, on-the-spot, spur-of-the-moment, taking for ride, thought out loud, tossed off, tossed out, winging it
Antonyms: planned, prepared, read, written, rehearsed
Main Entry: feasible
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: possible, doable
Synonyms: achievable, advantageous, appropriate, attainable, beneficial, breeze, cinch, duck soup*, easy as pie*, expedient, fit, fitting, likely, piece of cake*, practicable, practical, probable, profitable, pushover, reasonable, snap, suitable, viable, workable, worthwhile, no sweat, performable, pie*, realizable, simple as ABC
Antonyms: impossible, inconceivable, unfeasible, unlikely, unpractical, unreasonable
Main Entry: feint
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pretense
Synonyms: artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, hoodwinking, mock attack
Antonyms: truth
Main Entry: Machiavellian
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: scheming
Synonyms: artful, astute, calculating, crafty, cunning, deceitful, devious, expedient, opportunist, shrewd, sly, underhanded, unscrupulous, wily, conniving, contriving, plotting
Main Entry: makeshift
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: temporary
Synonyms: alternative, expedient, hit-or-miss*, provisional, quick-and-dirty*, slapdash*, stopgap, substitute, Band-Aid, make-do, temp, throwaway
Antonyms: complete, finished, permanent, ready
Main Entry: makeshift
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: temporary help
Synonyms: expedient, last resort, recourse, refuge, replacement, resort, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute, expediency, pis aller
Antonyms: permanent
Main Entry: meet
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fitting
Synonyms: applicable, appropriate, apt, equitable, expedient, fair, felicitous, fit, good, happy, just, proper, reconciled, right, suitable, timely, accommodated, conformed
Antonyms: improper, inappropriate, unseemly, unfitting
Main Entry: politic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wise, tactful
Synonyms: adroit, advisable, canny*, cool, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, expedient, in one's best interests, judicious, on the lookout, perspicacious, prudent, sagacious, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, tactical, tuned in, urbane
Antonyms: impolitic, indiscreet, injudicious, tactless, unwise
Main Entry: possible
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: likely, attainable
Synonyms: accessible, achievable, adventitious, advisable, available, breeze*, cinch, conceivable, credible, dependent, desirable, dormant, duck soup*, easy as pie*, expedient, feasible, fortuitous, hopeful, hypothetical, imaginable, indeterminate, latent, obtainable, piece of cake*, potential, practicable, probable, promising, pushover*, setup, snap, thinkable, uncertain, viable, welcome, workable, can do, doable, no sweat, realizable, simple as ABC, within reach
Antonyms: impossible, unlikely, unattainable, ungettable, unrealizable
Main Entry: prerequisite
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: necessary
Synonyms: essential, expedient, imperative, important, indispensable, mandatory, obligatory, required, requisite, vital, called for, necessitous, needful, of the essence
Antonyms: optional, unnecessary, voluntary
Main Entry: provident
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: careful, frugal
Synonyms: canny, cautious, discreet, economical, expedient, far-sighted, judicious, penny-pinching*, politic, prepared, prudent, sagacious, saving, shrewd, sparing, thrifty, tight, vigilant, wise, foresighted, unwasteful, well-prepared
Antonyms: careless, improvident, spendthrift, wasteful
Main Entry: recourse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: alternative
Synonyms: aid, appeal, choice, expedient, help, makeshift, option, refuge, remedy, resort, resource, shift, stopgap, substitute, support, way out, expediency, stand-by
Main Entry: refuge
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: place to hide, have privacy
Synonyms: ambush, anchorage, asylum, cover, covert, den, escape, exit, expedient, fortress, harbor, haven, hideaway, hideout, hole, home, immunity, ivory tower*, makeshift, opening, outlet, port, preserve, protection, recourse, resort, resource, retreat, sanctuary, security, shelter, shield, stopgap*, stronghold, way out, harborage, hiding place, safe place
Main Entry: resource
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial
Synonyms: ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg*, property, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, worth, inventiveness, quick-wittedness, resourcefulness
Antonyms: product
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