expedient
adjectiveHow many syllables in expedient?
There are 4 syllables in the word expedient.Divide expedient into syllables:
ex · pe · di · ent
How to pronounce expedient:
Definition of expedient:
- expedient (adjective):
- serving to promote your interest.
- useful or advantageous in a given situation
- suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
Synonyms for expedient:
advantageous
advisable
appropriate
beneficial
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carpetbagging
convenient
desirable
effective
fit
helpful
judicious
opportune
opportunist
opportunistic
politic
possible
practicable
practical
pragmatic
profitable
proper
prudent
suitable
tactical
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Antonyms for expedient:
abortive
abstract
absurd
adverse
altruistic
annihilative
anticlimactic
asinine
awkward
bad
baleful
baneful
barren
bootless
bothersome
brainless
brash
calamitous
cancerous
capricious
careless
cataclysmic
catastrophic
challenging
clueless
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