'Tactic' definitions:
Definition of 'tactic'
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Definition of 'Tactic'
From: GCIDE
- Tactic \Tac"tic\, Tactical \Tac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. taktiko`s. See tactics.] Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence, pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning for the long term. -- {Tac"tic*al*ly}, adv. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'tactic'
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- action,
- ad hoc measure,
- answer,
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artifice,
- blind,
- campaign,
- caper,
- chicanery,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- countermove,
- coup,
- course of action,
- craft,
- cute trick,
- deceit,
- demarche,
- design,
- device,
- dodge,
- effort,
- engineering,
- expedient,
- fakement,
- feint,
- fetch,
- gambit,
- game,
- generalship,
- gimmick,
- grift,
- improvisation,
- intrigue,
- jugglery,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- knavery,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- little game,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- means,
- measure,
- military operations,
- move,
- orchestration,
- pis aller,
- plan,
- plans,
- plot,
- ploy,
- racket,
- red herring,
- resort,
- resource,
- ruse,
- scheme,
- shake-up,
- shift,
- sleight,
- solution,
- step,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- subterfuge,
- tactics,
- tactual,
- temporary expedient,
- trick,
- trickery,
- trump,
- wile,
- wily device,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition