| Expediency 1. (n.) Fitness or suitableness to effect a purpose intended; adaptedness to self-interest; as the expediency of a plan; desirableness; advantage; advisability; -- sometimes contradistinguished from moral rectitude. 2. (n.) Expedition; haste; dispatch. 3. (n.) An expedition; enterprise; adventure. Thesaurus Entries appositeness, appropriateness, aptness, careworn, convenience, dernier ressort, design, expedient, fitness, makeshift, measure, meetness, order, propitiousness, propriety, recourse, resort, rightness, shift, step, stopgap, strategy, substitute, suitability, suitableness, surrogate, tactic |