expedience
Choosing what works
Expedience is the quality of being convenient or practical, often at the expense of principle.
It suggests choosing the easiest path rather than the most ethical one: Political expedience led him to abandon his campaign promises.
The word carries a slightly negative connotation—what's expedient may not be what's right.
Expediency means the same thing.
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- time-savingReducing required duration
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- fast-trackingAccelerating a procedure's timeline
acceleration · speed · productivity · bypass · workaround · stopgap · makeshift · band-aid
Quality of being useful
- convenienceEase of use
- pragmatismPractical problem-solving philosophy
- realismAccepting things as they are
- feasibilityPotential for success
suitability · workability · sensibleness · judiciousness · resourcefulness · viability · adaptability · usefulness
Favorable position or circumstance
- opportunismExploiting circumstances for gain
- self-servingBenefiting oneself primarily
- benefitAdvantage or gain
- gainPositive return received
profit · leverage · exploitation · calculation · manipulation · unscrupulousness · Machiavellianism · careerism
Yielding a point
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
flexibility · give-and-take · sacrifice · middle-ground · toleration
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- time-savingReducing required duration
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
fast-tracking · acceleration · speed · productivity · bypass · workaround · stopgap · makeshift · band-aid · provisional
practicality
Quality of being useful
- convenienceEase of use
- pragmatismPractical problem-solving philosophy
- realismAccepting things as they are
feasibility · suitability · workability · sensibleness · judiciousness · resourcefulness · viability · adaptability · usefulness · relevance
advantage
Favorable position or circumstance
- opportunismExploiting circumstances for gain
- self-servingBenefiting oneself primarily
- benefitAdvantage or gain
gain · profit · leverage · exploitation · calculation · manipulation · unscrupulousness · Machiavellianism · careerism · mercenary
concession
Yielding a point
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
adjustment · flexibility · give-and-take · sacrifice · middle-ground · toleration
- dilemmasdilemma, moral dilemma, ethical dilemma, tough call, lesser evil
expedienceinexpedience
Quality of being unwise
impracticality · infeasibility · disadvantage · imprudence · inadvisability
expedienceidealism
Belief in noble principles
principle · integrity · doing the right thing · ethics · morality
expedienceuntimeliness
Poor timing quality
unsuitability · inadvisability · inappropriateness · impropriety · inopportuneness
expedient, expediency, inexpedient, expediently, expedients, expediencies