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expedient
expedient
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expedient
WORDS RELATED TO
EXPEDIENT
shift
noun
trick, stratagem
artifice
contrivance
craft
device
dodge
equivocation
evasion
expediency
expedient
gambit
hoax
makeshift
maneuver
move
ploy
recourse
refuge
resort
resource
ruse
stopgap
strategy
substitute
subterfuge
wile
spur-of-the-moment
adjective
extemporaneous
ad hoc
ad-lib
automatic
autoschediastic
by ear
casual
expedient
extemporary
extempore
fake
free
immediate
impromptu
improv
improvisatory
improvised
improviso
informal
jamming
made-up
makeshift
offhand
on impulse
on-the-spot
snap
spontaneous
toss off
toss out
unplanned
unpremeditated
unprepared
unrehearsed
unstudied
winging it
step
noun
action, move
act
advance
advancement
deed
degree
expedient
gradation
grade
level
maneuver
means
measure
motion
notch
phase
point
procedure
proceeding
process
progression
rank
remove
rung
stage
start
steps
noun
action, move
act
advance
advancement
deed
degree
expedient
gradation
grade
level
maneuver
means
measure
motion
notch
phase
point
procedure
proceeding
process
progression
rank
remove
rung
stage
start
stopgap
noun
temporary help
Band-Aid
expediency
expedient
improvisation
makeshift
pis aller
recourse
refuge
resort
resource
shift
substitute
temporary expedient
stopgap
adjective
temporarily helping
Band-Aid
emergency
expedient
impromptu
improvised
makeshift
practical
provisional
rough-and-ready
rough-and-tumble
substitute
temp
temporary
throwaway
substitute
noun
someone or something that takes the place of another
agent
alternate
assistant
auxiliary
backup
changeling
delegate
deputy
dernier ressort
double
dummy
equivalent
expediency
expedient
fill-in
ghost
ghost writer
locum
locum tenens
makeshift
pinch-hitter
procurator
proxy
recourse
refuge
relay
relief
replacement
representative
reserve
resort
resource
stand-in
standby
stopgap
sub
succedaneum
successor
supplanter
supply
surrogate
symbol
temp
temporary
temporary expedient
understudy
vicar
substitutes
noun
someone or something that takes the place of another
agent
alternate
assistant
auxiliary
backup
changeling
delegate
deputy
dernier ressort
double
dummy
equivalent
expediency
expedient
fill-in
ghost
ghost writer
locum
locum tenens
makeshift
pinch-hitter
procurator
proxy
recourse
refuge
relay
relief
replacement
representative
reserve
resort
resource
stand-in
standby
stopgap
sub
succedaneum
successor
supplanter
supply
surrogate
symbol
temp
temporary
temporary expedient
understudy
vicar
suitable
adjective
appropriate, acceptable
advisable
applicable
apposite
apt
becoming
befitting
commodious
condign
convenient
copacetic
correct
cut out for
deserved
due
expedient
felicitous
fit
fitting
good
good enough
handy
happy
in character
in keeping
just
kosher
legit
meet
merited
nice
okay
opportune
peachy
pertinent
politic
presentable
proper
reasonable
relevant
requisite
right
righteous
rightful
satisfactory
seemly
sufficient
suited
swell
up to snuff
useful
user friendly
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