Dictionary Definition
expedience
Noun
1 the quality of being suited to the end in view
[syn: expediency]
[ant: inexpedience,
inexpedience]
2 taking advantage of opportunities without
regard for the consequences for others [syn: opportunism, self-interest,
self-seeking]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- Speed or urgency
- Something that is expedient.
References
- OED2
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
advantageousness,
agreeableness,
appropriateness,
auspiciousness,
beneficialness,
benevolence,
benignity, chargedness, class, cogency, convenience, criticality, crucialness, desert, excellence, fairness, favorableness, felicitousness, fineness, first-rateness,
fitness, fittingness, goodliness, goodness, grace, healthiness, helpfulness, kindness, loadedness, meetness, merit, niceness, opportuneness, pleasantness, pregnancy, profitableness, propitiousness, propriety, quality, rewardingness, rightness, ripeness, seasonableness, skillfulness, soundness, suitability, superiority, timeliness, usefulness, validity, value, virtue, virtuousness, wholeness, worth