tactful

The word “tactful” has 2 syllables: tact-ful

It's pronounced as /ˈtæktfəl/


What is synonym and antonym for tactful?

In the thesaurus, “tactful” has 47 synonyms and 41 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tactful along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for tactful

  • adroit
  • affable
  • aware
  • cautious
  • charming
  • civil
  • considerate
  • cordial
  • courteous
  • deferential
  • deft
  • delicate
  • diplomatic
  • discreet
  • dutiful
  • friendly
  • gallant
  • genial
  • genteel
  • gentle
  • graceful
  • gracious
  • hospitable
  • judicious
  • kind
  • kindhearted
  • mannerly
  • observant
  • perceptive
  • poised
  • polished
  • polite
  • politic
  • prudent
  • regardful
  • respectful
  • sensitive
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • suave
  • subtle
  • sympathetic
  • tactical
  • thoughtful
  • understanding
  • urbane
  • wise

Antonyms for tactful

  • boorish
  • brash
  • brassy
  • caddish
  • careless
  • churlish
  • clodhopping
  • clownish
  • discourteous
  • disregardful
  • disrespectful
  • foolish
  • gauche
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
  • impertinent
  • impolite
  • impolitic
  • impudent
  • incautious
  • inconsiderate
  • indelicate
  • indiscreet
  • insolent
  • loutish
  • reckless
  • rude
  • tactless
  • thoughtless
  • uncalled-for
  • uncivil
  • uncouth
  • undiplomatic
  • ungracious
  • unhandsome
  • unmannered
  • unmannerly
  • unrefined
  • untactful
  • unthoughtful
  • unwise

Meanings of tactful

  • adjective
    1. Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.

Example Sentences

  • She offered a tactful suggestion to improve the project without offending anyone.
  • In delicate situations, it's important to be tactful when expressing opinions.
  • The manager provided tactful feedback to guide the team toward better performance.
  • Despite the challenging circumstances, she remained tactful in her communication.
  • A tactful response diffused the tension during the heated discussion.

On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tactful, such as: adroit, affable, aware, boorish, brash, brassy, caddish.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

elegantly

  • adroitly
  • affably
  • agilely
  • agreeably
  • alluringly
  • amiably
  • appealingly
  • artistically
  • attentively
  • attractively
  • beautifully
  • benignantly
  • bewitchingly
  • carefully
  • cautiously
  • celestially
  • charmingly
  • civilly
  • cleanly
  • compassionately
  • concernedly
  • considerately
  • cordially
  • courteously
  • cutely
  • daintily
  • dashingly
  • deftly
  • delicately
  • delightfully
  • dexterously
  • divinely
  • easily
  • entrancingly
  • excellently
  • exquisitely
  • fashionably
  • fastidiously
  • felicitously
  • finely
  • fitly
  • fussily
  • gallantly
  • gently
  • gorgeously
  • gracefully
  • graciously
  • grandly
  • handsomely
  • harmoniously
  • ideally
  • illustriously
  • immaculately
  • ingratiatingly
  • kindheartedly
  • kindly
  • lightly
  • magnificently
  • majestically
  • meticulously
  • modishly
  • nattily
  • neatly
  • nimbly
  • orderly
  • pleasingly
  • precisely
  • prettily
  • pristinely
  • radiantly
  • remarkably
  • respectfully
  • rhythmically
  • seductively
  • sensitively
  • sharply
  • skillfully
  • smartly
  • smoothly
  • snappily
  • sociably
  • softly
  • solicitously
  • splendidly
  • spotlessly
  • sprucely
  • strikingly
  • stylishly
  • sublimely
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  • superbly
  • swankily
  • symmetrically
  • tactfully
  • tastefully
  • tidily
  • trimly
  • urbanely
  • well
  • winningly
  • wonderfully

fallaciously

  • ambiguously
  • circuitously
  • civilly
  • courteously
  • deceitfully
  • diplomatically
  • equivocally
  • erroneously
  • evasively
  • falsely
  • hypocritically
  • indirectly
  • insincerely
  • long-windedly
  • mendaciously
  • politely
  • tactfully
  • untruthfully
  • verbosely
  • wordily

gallantly

  • adventurously
  • affably
  • agreeably
  • amiably
  • attentively
  • audaciously
  • benignantly
  • boldly
  • brashly
  • bravely
  • brazenly
  • charmingly
  • chivalrously
  • civilly
  • compassionately
  • concernedly
  • considerately
  • cordially
  • courageously
  • courteously
  • crazily
  • daringly
  • dauntlessly
  • determinedly
  • doughtily
  • elegantly
  • fearlessly
  • firmly
  • foolhardily
  • foolishly
  • gamely
  • gently
  • gracefully
  • graciously
  • grandly
  • greatheartedly
  • greatly
  • grittily
  • gutsily
  • hardily
  • hastily
  • heedlessly
  • heroically
  • high-mindedly
  • honorably
  • hotheadedly
  • impetuously
  • imprudently
  • impulsively
  • incautiously
  • ingratiatingly
  • insanely
  • intrepidly
  • kindheartedly
  • kindly
  • loftily
  • magnanimously
  • magnificently
  • majestically
  • manfully
  • nobly
  • overconfidently
  • pluckily
  • politely
  • precipitately
  • rashly
  • recklessly
  • resolutely
  • respectfully
  • self-confidently
  • sociably
  • solicitously
  • spiritedly
  • spunkily
  • stalwartly
  • stoutheartedly
  • stoutly
  • tactfully
  • thoughtfully
  • thoughtlessly
  • unflinchingly
  • urbanely
  • valiantly
  • valorously
  • venerably
  • venturesomely
  • venturously
  • wildly
  • winningly

gawkish

ham-handed


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