'Finesse' definitions:
Definition of 'finesse'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Finesse'
From: GCIDE
- Finesse \Fi*nesse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Finessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Finessing.]
- 1. To use artifice or stratagem. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Whist Playing) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Finesse'
From: GCIDE
- Finesse \Fi`nesse"\ (? or ?), n. [F., fr. fin fine. See Fine, a.]
- 1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem. [1913 Webster]
- This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Whist Playing) The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'finesse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- acquired taste,
- acuteness,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- airmanship,
- angle,
- appreciation,
- appreciation of differences,
- appreciation of excellence,
- appreciativeness,
- art,
- artfulness,
- artifice,
- artisanship,
- artistic judgment,
- artistry,
- astuteness,
- beguile,
- bluff,
- bravura,
- brew,
- brilliance,
- cabal,
- cageyness,
- callidity,
- canniness,
- capability,
- capacity,
- choiceness,
- civilized taste,
- civilizedness,
- cleverness,
- collude,
- collusion,
- command,
- competence,
- complicity,
- complot,
- con,
- concoct,
- confederacy,
- connivance,
- connive,
- connoisseurship,
- conspiracy,
- conspire,
- contrivance,
- contriving,
- control,
- cook up,
- coordination,
- countermine,
- counterplot,
- covin,
- craft,
- craftiness,
- craftsmanship,
- critical niceness,
- criticalness,
- cultivated taste,
- cultivation,
- culture,
- cunning,
- cunningness,
- daintiness,
- dash,
- deceit,
- deceive,
- deception,
- deep-laid plot,
- deftness,
- delicacy,
- delude,
- device,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diplomacy,
- discretion,
- discriminating taste,
- discriminatingness,
- discrimination,
- discriminativeness,
- dodge,
- efficiency,
- elan,
- elegance,
- engineer,
- engineering,
- excellence,
- expedient,
- expertise,
- expertness,
- exploit,
- facility,
- fastidiousness,
- feel,
- feeling,
- finagle,
- finagling,
- fine Italian hand,
- fine palate,
- fool,
- foxiness,
- frame,
- frame up,
- frame-up,
- game,
- gamesmanship,
- good taste,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- graciosity,
- graciousness,
- grip,
- guile,
- handiness,
- hatch,
- hatch a plot,
- hatch up,
- hoodwink,
- horsemanship,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- insidiousness,
- intrigue,
- inventiveness,
- Italian hand,
- jockey,
- judiciousness,
- knack,
- know-how,
- lay a plot,
- little game,
- machinate,
- machination,
- making distinctions,
- maneuver,
- maneuvering,
- manipulate,
- manipulation,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- niceness,
- niceness of distinction,
- nicety,
- one-upmanship,
- operate,
- outwit,
- palate,
- panache,
- play,
- plot,
- plotting,
- polish,
- practical ability,
- proficiency,
- prowess,
- quality,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- refined discrimination,
- refined palate,
- refinement,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- rig,
- rigging,
- ruse,
- satanic cunning,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- scheme,
- schemery,
- scheming,
- seamanship,
- selectiveness,
- sense,
- sensibility,
- sensitivity,
- sharpness,
- shift,
- shiftiness,
- shrewdness,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- slipperiness,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- sophistication,
- sophistry,
- stealth,
- stealthiness,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- style,
- subtilty,
- subtleness,
- subtlety,
- suppleness,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- talent,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- timing,
- trick,
- trickiness,
- twist and turn,
- underplot,
- virtuosity,
- wangle,
- wariness,
- web of intrigue,
- wile,
- wiles,
- wiliness,
- wire-pulling,
- wit,
- wizardry,
- workmanship