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expedient:
- Hilfsmittel
- empfehlenswert; ratsam; lobenswert; löblich
Wiktionary:
- expedient → Ausflucht, Ausweg, Hilfsmittel, Mittel, Nothilfe, Notlösung
- expedient → nützlich, ratsam, zweckmäßig
- expedient → tauglich, tüchtig, bequem, gelegen, gemächlich, angemessen, füglich, geeignet, zeitgemäß, gehörig, gebührend, geziemend, anständig, schicklich, dezent, ordentlich, angebracht, passend, zusagend, Medikament, Heilmittel, Arzeneimittel, Medizin, Mittel, Lebensmittel, Ausflucht

English

Detailed Translations for expedients from English to German

expedient:

expedient [the ~] nomen

the expedient (remedy; resources; makeshift; help)
Hilfsmittel
- Hilfsmittel [das ~] nomen

expedient adj

expedient (recommendable; advisable)
empfehlenswert
- empfehlenswert adj
expedient (recommendable; advisable)
empfehlenswert; ratsam
- empfehlenswert adj
- ratsam adj
expedient (commendable; praiseworthy; honourable; laudable; recommendable; advisable; honorable)
lobenswert; löblich; empfehlenswert; ratsam
- lobenswert adj
- löblich adj
- empfehlenswert adj
- ratsam adj

Translation Matrix for expedient:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Hilfsmittel	expedient; help; makeshift; remedy; resources	prosthesis; social assistance; social security
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	means; resource; way out
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
empfehlenswert	advisable; commendable; expedient; honorable; honourable; laudable; praiseworthy; recommendable
lobenswert	advisable; commendable; expedient; honorable; honourable; laudable; praiseworthy; recommendable
löblich	advisable; commendable; expedient; honorable; honourable; laudable; praiseworthy; recommendable
ratsam	advisable; commendable; expedient; honorable; honourable; laudable; praiseworthy; recommendable

Related Words for "expedient":

expedients, expediently

Synonyms for "expedient":

advantageous; appropriate; opportunist; opportunistic; timeserving; convenient; politic; useful; utile
politic
means; agency; way

Antonyms for "expedient":

inexpedient

Related Definitions for "expedient":

serving to promote your interest¹
- was merciful only when mercy was expedient¹
appropriate to a purpose; practical¹
- in the circumstances it was expedient to express loyalty¹
a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one¹

Wiktionary Translations for expedient:

expedient

noun

a means for achieving an end
- expedient → Ausflucht; Ausweg; Hilfsmittel; Mittel; Nothilfe; Notlösung

adjective

simple, easy, or quick; convenient
- expedient → nützlich; ratsam; zweckmäßig

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• expedient	→ tauglich; tüchtig; bequem; gelegen; gemächlich; angemessen; füglich; geeignet; zeitgemäß; gehörig; gebührend; geziemend; anständig; schicklich; dezent; ordentlich; angebracht; passend; zusagend	↔ convenable — Qui est approprier, qui convient à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose.
• expedient	→ Medikament; Heilmittel; Arzeneimittel; Medizin	↔ remède — médecine\|fr substance qui sert à guérir un mal ou une maladie.
• expedient	→ Mittel; Lebensmittel; Ausflucht	↔ ressource — Traductions à trier suivant le sens

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University