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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | judicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, thoughtful |
| Synonyms: | accurate, acute, astute, calculating, careful, cautious, circumspect, considerate, considered, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminating, efficacious, enlightened, expedient, far-sighted, informed, judicial, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, prudent, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sober, sophisticated, sound, thorough, wary, well-advised, worldly-wise, clear-sighted, well-judged |
| Antonyms: | foolish, hasty, idiotic, injudicious, irrational, nonsensical, reckless, senseless, thoughtless, unwise |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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