Synonyms for expedience
All synonyms
Noun
1. Self-interest
Other
expediency, propriety, profit, appropriateness, advantage, fitness
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case.
Forms
- Plural
- expediences → self-interests, opportunisms, expediencies, proprieties…
Example sentences
- opportunism That's opportunism, pure and simple.
- propriety Propriety cannot be separated from honesty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| expedience | steady | |
| opportunism | steady | |
| propriety | falling | |
| appropriateness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- profit2
- 7 letters
- fitness2
- 9 letters
- advantage3, propriety4
- 10 letters
- expediency5
- 11 letters
- opportunism5
- 15 letters
- appropriateness5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (profit2 = 2 syllables).