Synonyms of the word

expedient

• adj. Suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended.
• adj. Affording short-term benefit, often at the expense of the long-term.
• adj. Governed by self-interest, often short-term self-interest.
• adj. (obsolete) Quick; rapid; expeditious.
• n. A method or means for achieving a particular result, especially when direct or efficient; a resource.

advantageous

• adj. Being of advantage, beneficial.

agency

• n. The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power; action or activity; operation.
• n. A person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved: instrumentality, means.
• n. The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
• n. An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of…
• n. A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the…

appropriate

• adj. (obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
• adj. Hence, belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.
• adj. Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially…
• v. (transitive, archaic) To make suitable; to suit.
• v. (transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
• v. (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all…
• v. (transitive, Britain, ecclesiastical, law) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation,…

convenient

• adj. Of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient.
• adj. (obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate.

means

• n. plural of mean.
• n. An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
• n. Resources; riches.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mean.

opportunist

• n. Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance his own situation, placing expediency above…

opportunistic

• adj. Taking advantage of situations that arise.
• adj. Taking advantage of situations to advance one's own interests without regard for moral principles.

politic

• adj. (archaic) Of or relating to polity, or civil government; political.
• adj. (archaic, of things) Relating to, or promoting, a policy, especially a national policy; well-devised;…
• adj. (archaic) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management;…
• adj. Shrewd, prudent and expedient.
• adj. Discreet and diplomatic.
• adj. Artful, crafty or cunning.
• n. (archaic) A politician.

timeserving

• n. Alternative form of time-serving.

useful

• adj. Having a practical or beneficial use.

utile

• adj. (now rare) Useful.
• n. (economics) A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction…

way

• n. (heading) To do with a place or places.
• n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
• n. A state or condition.
• n. (heading) Personal interaction.
• n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft,…
• n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
• n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
• n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions…
• n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large…
• n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table…
• interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
• v. (obsolete) To travel.
• adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
• adv. (slang, with positive adjective) Very.
• adv. (informal) Far.
• n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.