OneLook
Dictionary Search

Home    Customize    Browse Dictionaries    Reverse Dictionary    Help  



Word or phrase:  

Find definitions   Find translations   Search all dictionaries

Jump to: General, Art, Business, Computing, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Religion, Science, Slang, Sports, Tech, Phrases 

We found 24 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word expedient:
Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "expedient" is defined.

General dictionaries General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. expedient: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
  2. expedient: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. expedient: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. expedient: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. expedient: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. expedient: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. expedient: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. expedient: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. Expedient, expedient: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. expedient: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. expedient: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. expedient: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. Expedient: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  14. expedient: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  15. expedient: Rhymezone [home, info]
  16. expedient: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  17. expedient: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  18. expedient: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  19. expedient: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  20. expedient: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  21. expedient: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  22. expedient: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  23. expedient: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Art dictionaries Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. EXPEDIENT: Shakespeare Glossary [home, info]

Quick definitions (expedient)

noun:  a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one
adjective:  appropriate to a purpose; practical ("In the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty")
adjective:  serving to promote your interest ("Was merciful only when mercy was expedient")

U.S. pronunciation (credits)
Word origin

Test Your Skills --
Try the SAT Question of the Day.


Phrases that include expedient:   expedient tool

Words similar to expedient:   expediently, more...


Additional searches for expedient...

Search completed in 0.03 seconds.

OneLook
Dictionary Search

Home    Customize    Browse Dictionaries    Reverse Dictionary    Help   Link to us   Word of the Day