tact

Fetched 2026-10-29 (live).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
   • By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband.
   • I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.
2. Propriety; manners (etiquette).

Noun

1. The sense of touch; feeling.
2. The stroke in beating time.
3. A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).

Verb

1. To use a tact (a kind of verbal operant).

Noun

1. Clipping of tactic.

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wiktionary) · cached copy, not a rewrite.