| Main Entry: | tactical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strategic |
Synonyms: |
calculated, clever, cunning, deliberate, diplomatic, planned, politic, prudent, skillful, smart, well-planned |
| Main Entry: | advisable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recommended, wise |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, apt, commendable, desirable, expedient, fit, fitting, judicious, politic, prudent, seemly, sensible, sound, suggested, suitable, tactical |
Antonyms: |
improper, imprudent, inadvisable, inappropriate, injudicious, uncorrect, unwise |
| Main Entry: | delicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, tactful |
Synonyms: |
accurate, adept, cautious, considerate, deft, detailed, diplomatic, discreet, expert, foresighted, heedful, masterly, minute, politic, precise, proficient, prudent, sensitive, skilled, tactical, wary |
Antonyms: |
indelicate, inelegant, insensitive, uncareful, unscrupulous |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthwhile, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, advantageous, advisable, beneficial, convenient, desirable, discreet, effective, feasible, fit, fitting, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, prudent, seasonable, suitable, tactical, timely, useful, utilitarian, wise |
Antonyms: |
inappropriate, inexpedient, unbeneficial, unprofitable, unworthwhile |
| Main Entry: | politic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, tactful |
Synonyms: |
adroit, advisable, canny*, cool, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, expedient, in one's best interests, judicious, on the lookout, perspicacious, prudent, sagacious, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, tactical, tuned in, urbane |
Antonyms: |
impolitic, indiscreet, injudicious, tactless, unwise |
| Main Entry: | prudent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, sensible in action and thought |
Synonyms: |
advisable, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, discerning, discreet, economical, far-sighted, frugal, hedging one's bets, judgmatic, judicious, leery, playing safe, politic, provident, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, shrewd, sound, sparing, tactical, thinking twice, thrifty, vigilant, wary |
| Notes: | prudent means careful and sensible or marked by sound judgment, while prudish means excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct or dress |
Antonyms: |
careless, imprudent, incautious, unwise |
| Main Entry: | tactful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful, careful |
Synonyms: |
adroit, aware, cautious, civil, considerate, courteous, deft, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, gentle, judicious, observant, perceptive, poised, polished, polite, politic, prudent, sensitive, skilled, skillful, suave, subtle, sympathetic, tactical, understanding, urbane, wise |
Antonyms: |
careless, indiscreet, tactless, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | recommendable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | advisable |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, apt, commendable, desirable, expedient, fit, fitting, judicious, politic, prudent, seemly, sensible, sound, suggested, suitable, tactical, well |
| Main Entry: | short-range |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
Synonyms: |
Band-Aid, acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, for the time being, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, interim, limited, make-do, makeshift, momentary, mortal, overnight, passing, perishable, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, provisory, shifting, short, short-lived, short-term, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, summary, supply, tactical, temp, transient, transitory, unfixed, unstable, volatile |