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tactics - 17 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | tactics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strategy |
| Synonyms: | approach, campaign, course, defense, device, disposition, line, maneuver, means, method, move, plan, ploy, policy, procedure, red tape*, scheme, stratagem, system, tack, technique, trick, way, channels, generalship, maneuvering, plan of attack |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strategy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of action |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, approach, artifice, blueprint*, craft, cunning, design, game, game plan*, gimmick, layout, method, plan, planning, policy, procedure, program, project, proposition, racket*, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, slant, story, subtlety, system, tactics, brainchild, grand design, maneuvering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | technique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method |
| Synonyms: | address, approach, art, artistry, capability, capacity, course, craft, delivery, execution, facility, fashion, knack*, know-how*, manner, means, mode, modus operandi, performance, procedure, proficiency, routine, skill, style, system, tactics, touch, usage, way, wise, modus, technic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | game plan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thought out strategy |
| Synonyms: | approach, blueprint, design, scenario, scheme, strategy, tactics, strategic plan, tactical plan, working plan |
| Main Entry: | conduct |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | administration |
| Synonyms: | care, charge, control, direction, execution, guidance, handling, leadership, management, manipulation, organization, oversight, plan, policy, posture, red tape*, regimen, regulation, rule, running, strategy, supervision, tactics, transaction, treatment, carrying on, channels, intendance, superintendence, wielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | method |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means, procedure |
| Synonyms: | adjustment, approach, arrangement, course, custom, design, disposal, disposition, fashion, form, formula, habit, line, manner, mechanism, method, mode, modus operandi, nuts and bolts*, plan, practice, proceeding, process, program, receipt, recipe, red tape*, ritual, rote, routine, rule, rut, scheme, shortcut, style, system, tack, tactics, technique, tenor, usage, way, ways and means*, wise, wrinkle*, channels, modus, rubric, schema, technic, the book |
| Notes: | a method is a way of doing things; a methodology is a set or system of methods |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scheme, design, way of doing things |
| Synonyms: | aim, angle, animus, arrangement, big picture*, contrivance, deal, device, disposition, expedient, game plan, gimmick, idea, intent, intention, layout, machination, meaning, means, method, outline, pattern, picture, platform, plot, policy, procedure, program, project, projection, proposal, proposition, purpose, scenario, stratagem, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, treatment, trick, undertaking, course of action, ground plan, orderliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scheme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course of action |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, blueprint, chart, contrivance, design, device, diagram, disposition, draft, expedient, game plan, layout, order, outline, pattern, plan, presentation, program, project, proposal, proposition, purpose, schedule, strategy, suggestion, system, tactics, theory, codification, ordering, schema |
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military practice, operation |
| Synonyms: | battle, drill, evolution, exercise, measure, movement, parade, plan, procedure, proceeding, stratagem, tactics, deployment, war games |
| Main Entry: | scheme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plot, maneuver to get result |
| Synonyms: | action, angle*, cabal, conspiracy, dodge*, game, game plan*, gimmick, hustle, hype*, intrigue, layout, machination, picture*, pitch, ploy, practice, proposition, ruse, scenario, scene, setup, shift*, story, stratagem, subterfuge, tactics, trick*, twist*, brainchild, covin, frame-up, hookup, put-up job |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | system |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method, plan |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artifice, custom, fashion, manner, methodology, mode, modus operandi, operation, pattern, policy, practice, procedure, proceeding, process, regularity, routine, scheme, strategy, structure, tactics, technique, theory, usage, way, wise, course of action, definite plan, logical process, methodicalness, modus, orderliness, orderly process, systematic process, systematization |
| Antonyms: | disorder, disorganization |
| Main Entry: | artifice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoax; clever act |
| Synonyms: | con, contrivance, device, dodge, expedient, gambit, gimmick*, machination, maneuver, play, ploy, racket*, ruse, savvy, scam*, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, wile |
| Antonyms: | candor, frankness, honesty, honor, innocence, reality, sincerity, truthfulness, ingenuousness, openness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expediency/expedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
| Synonyms: | contrivance, design, device, dodge, gimmick*, makeshift*, maneuver, means, measure, method, recourse, resort, scheme, shift, step, stopgap*, stratagem, strategy, substitute, surrogate, tactic, trick, band-aid, easy way out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plot, trick |
| Synonyms: | butt, derision, design, device, hoax, joke, plan, ploy, practical joke, prank, scheme, stratagem, strategy, tactic, object of ridicule |
| Main Entry: | means |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, method |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, aid, apparatus, auspices, avenue, channel, course, dodge*, equipment, expedient, factor, fashion, gimmick*, instrument, instrumentality, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means*, instrumentation, stepping-stone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ploy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game, trick |
| Synonyms: | artifice, contrivance, device, dodge, feint, gambit, maneuver, move, play, ruse, scheme, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, wile |
| Main Entry: | tack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course of movement |
| Synonyms: | aim, alteration, approach, bearing, bend, deviation, digression, direction, double, echelon, heading, line, method, path, plan, procedure, set, shift, siding, sweep, swerve, switch, tactic, tangent, turn, variation, way, yaw, zigzag, deflection, oblique course, point of sail, sidling |
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