Tact

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Acute sensitivity to what is proper and appropriate in dealing with others, including the ability to speak or act without offending.
  • n. Archaic The sense of touch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sense of touch; feeling.
  • n. The stroke in beating time.
  • n. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
  • n. The ability to deal with embarrassing situations carefully and without doing or saying anything that will annoy or upset other people; careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense; the ability to say right thing.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The sense of touch; feeling.
  • n. The stroke in beating time.
  • n. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A touching; touch.
  • n. The sense of touch.
  • n. Mental perception; especially, fine perception; intuitive sense of what is true, right, or proper; fineness of discernment as to action or conduct, especially a fine sense of how to avoid giving offense; ability to do or say what is best for the intended effect; adroitness; cleverness; address.
  • n. In music, a beat or pulse; especially, the emphatic down-beat with which a measure begins; hence, also, a measure.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    finesse    savoir-faire    address    discreetness    delicacy    diplomacy   
    Form
    tactless    tactful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    feeling    skill    address    diplomacy    savoir faire   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abstract    act    attacked    attract    backed    blacked    compact    contract    counterattacked    cracked   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sagacity    prudence    firmness    ingenuity    gentleness    discretion    dexterity    patience    honesty    delicacy