He lacks tact.
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Tact
//tækt//
Synonyms for "tact" (182 found)
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Noun(2 words)
controlcoordinationcourteousnesscourtesycraftcraftsmanshipcritical nicenesscriticalnesscunningdeferencedeftnessdelicacydexteritydexterousnessdextrousnessdiplomacydiscernmentdiscretiondiscriminating tastediscriminatingness
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discriminationdiscriminativenessefficiencyempathyexpertiseexquisitenessfacilityfastidiousnessfeelfeelingfine palatefinenessfinessegallantrygracegracefulnessgraciousnessgriphandinessheadheedfulnesshelpfulnesshorsemanshiphyperesthesiahyperpathiahypersensitivityidentificationindulgenceingeniousnessingenuityirritabilityjudgement
Related words (91)
judiciousnessknow howknow-howleniencymaking distinctionsmarksmanshipmastershipmasterymindfulnessnervousnessniceness of distinctionnicetyobligingnessoversensibilityoversensitivenessovertendernesspalatepassibilityperceptionperceptiveness
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perceptivityphotophobiapoisepolicypolitenesspolitessepoliticnesspractical abilitypresencepricklinessproficiencyprowessprudencequicknessreadinessrefined discriminationrefined palaterefinementregardregardfulnessreposeresourceresourcefulnessrespectrespectfulnessresponsivenesssavoir fairesavoir-fairesavvyseamanshipselectivenesssensesensibilitysensitivenesssensitivitysensitizationskillskillfulnesssmoothnesssolicitousnesssolicitudesorenessstylesuavitysubtletysupersensitivitysympathytactfulnesstastetechnical brilliancetechnical masterytechnical skilltechniquetendernesstetchinessthin skinthoughtthoughtfulnessticklishnesstimingtolerationtouchinessunderstandingurbanityvirtuositywitwizardryworkmanship
Noun(3 words)
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7 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- حِسّ noun (sensitive mental touch)
- لَبَاقَة noun (sensitive mental touch)
- لَمْس noun (sensitive mental touch)
Bulgarian
1 entries- тактичност noun (sensitive mental touch)
Catalan
1 entries- tacte noun (sensitive mental touch)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 分寸感 noun (sensitive mental touch)
- 機智 /机智 noun (sensitive mental touch)
- 禮貌 /礼貌 noun (sensitive mental touch)
- 輕重感 /轻重感 noun (sensitive mental touch)
Czech
1 entries- takt noun (sensitive mental touch)
Dutch
1 entries- tact noun (sensitive mental touch)
Esperanto
1 entries- takto noun (sensitive mental touch)
French
2 entries- tact noun (sensitive mental touch)
- tact noun (sense of touch)
Galician
2 entries- tacto noun (sensitive mental touch)
- tento noun (sensitive mental touch)
German
2 entries- Takt noun (sensitive mental touch)
- Taktgefühl noun (sensitive mental touch)
Irish
1 entries- stuaim noun (sensitive mental touch)
Italian
1 entries- tatto noun (sensitive mental touch)
Japanese
4 entries- タクト noun (sensitive mental touch)
- 如才なさ noun (sensitive mental touch)
- 愛想 noun (sensitive mental touch)
- 礼儀 noun (sensitive mental touch)
Korean
1 entries- 재치 noun (sensitive mental touch)
Māori
1 entries- atawhai matawhāiti noun (sensitive mental touch)
Persian
1 entries- درایت noun (sensitive mental touch)
Polish
1 entries- takt noun (sensitive mental touch)
Portuguese
1 entries- tato noun (sensitive mental touch)
Russian
2 entries- такт noun (sensitive mental touch)
- такти́чность noun (sensitive mental touch)
Spanish
3 entries- mano izquierda noun (sensitive mental touch)
- tacto noun (sensitive mental touch)
- tiento noun (sensitive mental touch)
Turkish
1 entries- takt noun (sensitive mental touch)
Welsh
2 entries- pwyll noun (sensitive mental touch)
- tact noun (sensitive mental touch)
Yiddish
1 entries- שׂכל noun (sensitive mental touch)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
You don't always have to say what's on your mind; sometimes tact trumps candor.
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Tact is good taste applied to conduct.
Source: tatoeba (7021195)
Tom lacks tact.
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