tactful

tactful
Synonyms and related words:
Daedalian, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, acute, adept, adroit, affable, agreeable, allergic, anaphylactic, appreciative, apt, artistic, attentive, authoritative, bravura, brilliant, careful, civil, clean, clever, complaisant, considerate, coordinated, courteous, crack, crackerjack, critical, cunning, cute, daedal, deferential, deft, delicate, dexterous, dextrous, differential, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, empathetic, empathic, exact, excellent, expert, fair, fancy, fastidious, fine, good, goodish, goosy, graceful, gracious, handy, heedful, helpful, hyperesthetic, hyperpathic, hypersensitive, indulgent, ingenious, irritable, itchy, judicious, lenient, magisterial, masterful, masterly, mindful, mindful of others, neat, nervous, nice, no mean, obliging, overrefined, oversensible, oversensitive, overtender, passible, perceptive, polished, polite, politic, precise, prickly, professional, proficient, prudent, quick, quite some, ready, refined, regardful, resourceful, respectful, responsive, selective, sensitive, skilled, skillful, skittish, slick, solicitous, some, statesmanlike, stylish, suave, subtle, supersensitive, sympathetic, tactical, tender, tetchy, the compleat, the complete, thin-skinned, thoughtful, ticklish, tolerant, touchy, understanding, urbane, virtuoso, well-done, workmanlike|

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Tactful — Tact ful, a. Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tactful — index diplomatic, judicious, politic, subtle (refined) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • tactful — (adj.) 1864, from TACT (Cf. tact) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Tactfully; tactfulness …   Etymology dictionary

  • tactful — [adj] thoughtful, careful adroit, aware, cautious, civil, considerate, courteous, deft, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, gentle, judicious, observant, perceptive, poised, polished, polite, politic, prudent, sensitive, skilled, skillful, suave,… …   New thesaurus

  • tactful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or showing tact. DERIVATIVES tactfully adverb tactfulness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • tactful — [takt′fəl] adj. having or showing tact tactfully adv. tactfulness n …   English World dictionary

  • tactful — adj. tactful to + inf. (it was not tactful to mention that) * * * tactful to + inf. (it was not tactful to mention that) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • tactful — [[t]tæ̱ktfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ to inf (approval) If you describe a person or what they say as tactful you approve of them because they are careful not to offend or upset another person. He had been extremely tactful in dealing… …   English dictionary

  • tactful — tactfully, adv. tactfulness, n. /takt feuhl/, adj. having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply. [1860 65; TACT + FUL] Syn. See diplomatic. * * * …   Universalium

  • tactful — tact|ful [ˈtæktfəl] adj not likely to upset or embarrass other people ≠ ↑tactless ▪ There was no tactful way of phrasing what he wanted to say. ▪ a tactful man >tactfully adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • tactful — adj. Tactful is used with these nouns: ↑retreat …   Collocations dictionary

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