'Tact' definitions:
Definition of 'tact'
(from WordNet)
noun
Consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense [syn: tact, tactfulness] [ant: tactlessness]
Definition of 'Tact'
From: GCIDE
- Tact \Tact\, n. [L. tactus a touching, touch, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch: cf. F. tact. See Tangent.]
- 1. The sense of touch; feeling. [1913 Webster]
- Did you suppose that I could not make myself sensible to tact as well as sight? --Southey. [1913 Webster]
- Now, sight is a very refined tact. --J. Le Conte. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mus.) The stroke in beating time. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty; nice perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances. [1913 Webster]
- He had formed plans not inferior in grandeur and boldness to those of Richelieu, and had carried them into effect with a tact and wariness worthy of Mazarin. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- A tact which surpassed the tact of her sex as much as the tact of her sex surpassed the tact of ours. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tact'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- accommodatingness,
- acumen,
- acuteness,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- agreeableness,
- airmanship,
- allergy,
- amenity,
- anaphylaxis,
- appreciation,
- appreciation of differences,
- appreciativeness,
- artfulness,
- artisanship,
- artistic judgment,
- artistry,
- attentiveness,
- bravura,
- brilliance,
- capability,
- capacity,
- care,
- carefulness,
- civility,
- cleverness,
- comity,
- command,
- competence,
- complaisance,
- concern,
- connoisseurship,
- considerateness,
- consideration,
- control,
- coordination,
- courteousness,
- courtesy,
- craft,
- craftsmanship,
- critical niceness,
- criticalness,
- cunning,
- deference,
- deftness,
- delicacy,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diplomacy,
- discernment,
- discretion,
- discriminating taste,
- discriminatingness,
- discrimination,
- discriminativeness,
- efficiency,
- empathy,
- expertise,
- exquisiteness,
- facility,
- fastidiousness,
- feel,
- feeling,
- fine palate,
- fineness,
- finesse,
- gallantry,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- graciousness,
- grip,
- handiness,
- head,
- heedfulness,
- helpfulness,
- horsemanship,
- hyperesthesia,
- hyperpathia,
- hypersensitivity,
- identification,
- indulgence,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- irritability,
- judgement,
- judiciousness,
- know-how,
- leniency,
- making distinctions,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mindfulness,
- nervousness,
- niceness of distinction,
- nicety,
- obligingness,
- oversensibility,
- oversensitiveness,
- overtenderness,
- palate,
- passibility,
- perception,
- perceptiveness,
- perceptivity,
- photophobia,
- poise,
- policy,
- politeness,
- politesse,
- politicness,
- practical ability,
- presence,
- prickliness,
- proficiency,
- prowess,
- prudence,
- quickness,
- readiness,
- refined discrimination,
- refined palate,
- refinement,
- regard,
- regardfulness,
- repose,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- respect,
- respectfulness,
- responsiveness,
- savoir faire,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- seamanship,
- selectiveness,
- sense,
- sensibility,
- sensitiveness,
- sensitivity,
- sensitization,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- smoothness,
- solicitousness,
- solicitude,
- soreness,
- style,
- suavity,
- subtlety,
- supersensitivity,
- sympathy,
- tactfulness,
- taste,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- technique,
- tenderness,
- tetchiness,
- thin skin,
- thought,
- thoughtfulness,
- ticklishness,
- timing,
- toleration,
- touchiness,
- understanding,
- urbanity,
- virtuosity,
- wit,
- wizardry,
- workmanship