<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: It is expedient that you go.</li><li>Synonyms: profitable, advantageous, desirable, appropriate, advisable.</li><li>Antonyms: disadvantageous.</li><li>conducive to advantage or interest, as opposed to right.</li><li>acting in accordance with expediency, or what is advantageous.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a means to an end: The ladder was a useful expedient for getting to the second floor.</li><li>a means devised or employed in an exigency; resource; shift: Use any expedients you think necessary to get over the obstacles in your way.</li><li>Synonyms: resort, contrivance, device.</li></ul>