Antonyms for expediencies
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ik-spee-dee-uh n-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspi di ən si |
Definition of expediencies
- noun appropriateness; worth
- noun resource
- noun stopgap
- noun appropriateness
- This is for him no mere matter of expediencies or of appearances.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Philippians » by Robert Rainy
- Indeed, they are the results of various necessities and expediencies.
- Extract from : « Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke » by Edmund Burke
- Later in the day Prime brought the talk around by degrees to the expediencies.
- Extract from : « Stranded in Arcady » by Francis Lynde
- Governments are expediencies to suit peculiar crises and exigencies.
- Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume VIII » by John Lord
- Governments are based on expediencies and changing circumstances, not on immutable principles or divine rights.
- Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume V » by John Lord
- The spark of self-preservation flew hither and about in search of expediencies, temporizations.
- Extract from : « The Drums Of Jeopardy » by Harold MacGrath
- Expediencies began to dim to his conscience the healthful loveliness of Truth.
- Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Poor pathetic things of the fancy though his decrees may be, he cannot live without their expediencies.
- Extract from : « The Debit Account » by Oliver Onions
Synonyms for expediencies
- advantage
- advantageousness
- advisability
- appositeness
- aptness
- Band-Aid
- benefit
- contrivance
- convenience
- design
- desirability
- device
- dodge
- easy way out
- effectiveness
- efficiency
- expedience
- expedient
- fitness
- gimmick
- helpfulness
- judiciousness
- make-do
- makeshift
- maneuver
- means
- measure
- meetness
- method
- opportunism
- opportunity
- order
- policy
- practicality
- pragmatism
- profitability
- profitableness
- properness
- propitiousness
- propriety
- prudence
- recourse
- resort
- rightness
- scheme
- shift
- step
- stopgap
- stratagem
- strategy
- substitute
- suitability
- surrogate
- tactic
- trick
- usefulness
- utilitarianism
- utility
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