tactic

The word “tactic” has 2 syllables: tac-tic

It's pronounced as /ˈtæk.tɪk/


What is synonym and antonym for tactic?

In the thesaurus, “tactic” has 41 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for tactic along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for tactic

  • act
  • action
  • arrangement
  • blueprint
  • contrivance
  • deed
  • design
  • device
  • doing
  • exploit
  • feat
  • gambit
  • game
  • game plan
  • ground plan
  • maneuver
  • master plan
  • means
  • measure
  • method
  • move
  • operation
  • plan
  • ploy
  • procedure
  • proceeding
  • program
  • project
  • protocol
  • road map
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • step
  • stratagem
  • strategy
  • subterfuge
  • system
  • technique
  • thing
  • trick
  • way

Meanings of tactic

  • noun
    1. A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
    2. A maneuver used against an enemy.
    3. A sequence of moves that limits the opponent's options and results in an immediate and tangible advantage, typically in the form of material.
  • adjective
    1. Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
    2. Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical.

Example Sentences

  • The team implemented a new defensive tactic to counter their opponent's strategy.
  • During the game, the coach employed a surprising tactic that caught the opposing team off guard.
  • The marketing campaign relied on a creative and engaging tactic to capture the audience's attention.
  • In business negotiations, a well-thought-out tactic can lead to a more favorable outcome.
  • The military commander devised a strategic tactic to gain an advantage on the battlefield.

On this page you'll find 41 synonyms or another words to tactic, such as: act, action, arrangement, blueprint, contrivance, deed, design.

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

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make do

  • Band-Aid
  • acting
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  • ad interim
  • ad-lib
  • afford
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  • bear up
  • brainstorm
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  • changeable
  • coin
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  • devise
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  • do off the top of your head
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  • do offhand
  • dream up
  • eke out
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  • endure
  • ephemeral
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  • expedience
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  • fake
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  • fare
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  • fleeting
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  • get along
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  • momentary
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  • play it by ear
  • practicality
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  • unfixed
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  • wing it
  • wrest
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judgmatic

  • advisable
  • astute
  • canny
  • careful
  • cautious
  • chary
  • circumspect
  • cozy
  • discerning
  • discreet
  • discriminating
  • economical
  • far-sighted
  • forehanded
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  • frugal
  • intelligent
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  • leery
  • perspicacious
  • playing safe
  • politic
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  • senseful
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  • tactical
  • thinking twice
  • thrifty
  • vigilant
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  • wise

daunting

  • abominable
  • affecting
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  • alarming
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  • inconceivable
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  • inspiring
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  • irking
  • joyless
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  • magnificent
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  • moving
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  • ominous
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  • perturbing
  • petrifying
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  • rebarbative
  • redoubtable
  • repellent
  • repressing
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • sad
  • saddening
  • scare tactics
  • scaring
  • scary
  • shocking
  • sick
  • solemn
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  • spectacular
  • spine-tingling
  • spooky
  • staggering
  • striking
  • stunning
  • stupefying
  • sublime
  • terrible
  • terrific
  • terrifying
  • terrorizing
  • the end
  • threatening
  • throwing cold water on
  • transcendent
  • traumatic
  • troublesome
  • troubling
  • troublous
  • trying
  • ugly
  • undermining
  • unfavorable
  • unmanning
  • unnerving
  • unpropitious
  • unsettling
  • unspeakable
  • upsetting
  • vexing
  • weakening
  • weighing
  • weird
  • wonderful
  • wondrous
  • worrisome
  • worrying

fashions

  • acceptations
  • acclimates
  • acclimatizes
  • accommodates
  • accustoms
  • acquaints
  • adapts
  • addictions
  • addresses
  • adjusts
  • affectations
  • airs
  • alters
  • approaches
  • archaisms
  • arrangements
  • assembles
  • attributes
  • attunes
  • bags
  • bandwagons
  • bends
  • bents
  • blueprints
  • builds
  • buzzes
  • caprices
  • casts
  • characteristics
  • chics
  • colloquialisms
  • conceives
  • concocts
  • conditions
  • configurations
  • conformations
  • conforms
  • connotations
  • constructs
  • contours
  • contrives
  • conventions
  • converts
  • corrects
  • crafts
  • crazes
  • creates
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  • crushes
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  • customizes
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  • deliveries
  • denotations
  • deportments
  • dernier cris
  • designs
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  • eccentricities
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  • elocution
  • enthusiasms
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  • equips
  • erects
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  • fabricates
  • fads
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  • fathers
  • fervors
  • figures
  • fine-tunes
  • fits
  • flavors
  • forges
  • formats
  • forms
  • frames
  • frameworks
  • furors
  • fusses
  • game plans
  • games
  • gears
  • geometries
  • grooves
  • ground plans
  • habilitates
  • habits
  • habituates
  • habitudes
  • handcrafts
  • hardens
  • harmonizes
  • hews
  • hot tickets
  • hows
  • hullabaloos
  • idioms
  • imagines
  • inclinations
  • infatuations
  • institutes
  • intrigues
  • inures
  • invents
  • jog trots
  • kinks
  • knocks out
  • last words
  • layouts
  • lines
  • locutions
  • makes
  • makes over
  • makes up
  • makeups
  • manners
  • manufactures
  • marks
  • matches
  • methodologies
  • methods
  • mints
  • models
  • modes
  • modi operandi
  • modifies
  • molds
  • mores
  • movements
  • moves
  • naturalizes
  • new waves
  • nine day wonders
  • novelties
  • oddities
  • organizations
  • organizes
  • orientates
  • orients
  • originates
  • outlines
  • passions
  • patterns
  • peculiarities
  • phases
  • phraseologies
  • pictures
  • plans
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  • policies
  • poses
  • practices
  • practises
  • prefabricates
  • prepares
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  • processes
  • proclivities
  • produces
  • profiles
  • programs
  • puts
  • puts together
  • puts up
  • quirks
  • rages
  • raises
  • readapts
  • readies
  • readjusts
  • rears
  • recasts
  • recipes
  • reclaims
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  • redesigns
  • redevelops
  • redoes
  • reengineers
  • refashions
  • refigures
  • refits
  • refocuses
  • regimens
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  • regionalisms
  • registers
  • regulates
  • rehearses
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  • rejiggers
  • remakes
  • remanufactures
  • remodels
  • revamps
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  • rigs
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  • sets
  • sets up
  • settles
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  • shapes
  • shells
  • shifts
  • silhouettes
  • singularities
  • skeletons
  • squares
  • steps
  • strategies
  • structures
  • styles
  • suits
  • systems
  • tacks
  • tactics
  • tailors
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  • tendencies
  • tenors
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  • traits
  • transforms
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  • tricks
  • tunes
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  • uses
  • veins
  • visualizes
  • vogues
  • ways
  • whims
  • wonts
  • wrinkles

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