Synonyms: expedient
Definition: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
Similar words: agency, means, way
Definition: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
Usage: a means of control; an example is the best agency of instruction; the true way to success
Synonyms: expedient
Definition: serving to promote your interest
Usage: was merciful only when mercy was expedient
Similar words: advantageous
Definition: appropriate for achieving a particular end; implies a lack of concern for fairness
Similar words: timeserving, opportunist, opportunistic
Definition: taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit
Similar words: carpetbag, carpetbagging
Definition: presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
Usage: a carpetbag stranger; a capetbag politician
Synonyms: expedient
Definition: appropriate to a purpose; practical
Usage: in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty
Similar words: politic
Definition: marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
Usage: it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels; a politic decision; a politic manager; a politic old scoundrel; a shrewd and politic reply