Device and Expedient

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Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Expedient is a synonym for device in ploy topic. In some cases you can use "Expedient" instead a noun "Device", when it comes to topics like project, means, instrument, recourse. popular alternative

Expedient

Expedient noun - A temporary replacement.

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Device is a synonym for expedient in means topic. You can use "Device" instead a noun "Expedient", if it concerns topics such as project, measure, resource. popular alternative

Nearby Words: expediency, expedience

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simple	simple device	simple expedient
useful	useful device	useful expedient

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Tolkien's contemporary Mervyn Peake was also in the habit of doing this, using whatever literary device was most expedient in order to drop his nonsense rhymes onto the page — usually apropos of absolutely nothing.

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Expedient and Device. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/expedient

Device & Expedient. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/expedient>.

Expedient or Device. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/device/expedient.

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