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expedient
expedient
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expedient
WORDS RELATED TO
EXPEDIENT
measure
noun
preventive or institutive action
act
action
agency
bounds
control
course
deed
device
effort
expedient
limit
limitation
makeshift
maneuver
means
moderation
move
procedure
proceeding
project
proposal
proposition
resort
resource
restraint
shift
step
stopgap
strategem
measures
noun
preventive or institutive action
act
action
agency
bounds
control
course
deed
device
effort
expedient
limit
limitation
makeshift
maneuver
means
moderation
move
procedure
proceeding
project
proposal
proposition
resort
resource
restraint
shift
step
stopgap
strategem
meet
adjective
fitting
accommodated
applicable
appropriate
apt
conformed
equitable
expedient
fair
felicitous
fit
good
happy
just
proper
reconciled
right
suitable
timely
more advantageous
adjective
favorable
auspicious
beneficial
expedient
for the best
fortunate
helpful
opportune
profitable
propitious
worthwhile
more desirable
adjective
advantageous, good
acceptable
advisable
agreeable
beneficial
covetable
eligible
enviable
expedient
grateful
gratifying
helpful
pleasing
preferable
profitable
useful
welcome
worthwhile
more extemporaneous
adjective
improvised
ad hoc
ad-lib
automatic
autoschediastic
by ear
casual
expedient
extemporary
extempore
fake
free
immediate
impromptu
improv
improvisatory
improviso
informal
jamming
made-up
makeshift
offhand
on impulse
on-the-spot
snap
spontaneous
spur-of-the-moment
toss off
toss out
unplanned
unpremeditated
unprepared
unrehearsed
unstudied
winging it
more extemporary
adjective
unrehearsed, improvised
ad hoc
ad lib
at first glance
automatic
by ear
casual
expedient
extempore
free
immediate
impromptu
improv
improvisatory
improviso
informal
jamming
made-up
makeshift
off the cuff
off the top of head
offhand
on impulse
on-the-spot
snap
spontaneous
spur-of-the-moment
taking for ride
thought out loud
tossed off
tossed out
unplanned
unpremeditated
unprepared
unstudied
winging it
more feasible
adjective
possible, doable
achievable
advantageous
appropriate
attainable
beneficial
breeze
cinch
duck soup
easy as pie
expedient
fit
fitting
likely
no sweat
performable
pie
piece of cake
practicable
practical
probable
profitable
pushover
realizable
reasonable
simple as ABC
snap
suitable
viable
workable
worthwhile
more necessary
adjective
essential
all-important
basic
binding
bottom-line
cardinal
chief
compelling
compulsory
crucial
de rigueur
decisive
elementary
exigent
expedient
fundamental
imperative
incumbent on
indispensable
mandatory
momentous
name of game
needed
needful
obligatory
paramount
prerequisite
pressing
prime
principal
quintessential
required
requisite
significant
specified
unavoidable
urgent
vital
wanted
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