tactic
/ˈtæktɪk/
tactic noun: a maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
Noun
tactic (plural tactics)
- A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
- Omar has challenged Elliott Abrams’s record in Latin America, taken a firm line against Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, and advocated for—wait for it—the two-state solution for Israel and Palestine (even though the headlines have focused on her expressing support for the right to boycott as a...2019 September 10, Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect, number Fall 2019
- Synonyms:
- scheme, stratagem, plan, maneuver, course of action
- A maneuver used against an enemy.
- 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
tactic (not comparable)
- Tactical; of or relating to the art of military and naval tactics.
- But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo
All sciences that speed Bellona's car,
All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]1831, Thomas Campbell, The Power of Russia
- Synonyms:
- tactical
- But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War
- Describing a polymer whose repeat units are identical
tactic meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
tactic in Hindi
- tactic, strategy
- रणनीति raṇnīti
tactic in Urdu
- چال, ہتھکنڈا, تدبیر
tactic in Bengali
- কৌশল, যুদ্ধবিদ্যা
tactic in Malayalam
- tactic
- കൗശലം kauśalaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- tactic in Kannada
- ಉಪಾಯ, ಯುಕ್ತಿ, ತಂತ್ರ, ಸಾಧನೋಪಾಯ
- tactic in Sanskrit
- रणनीति raṇanīti
- tactic in Arabic
- تَخْطِيط taḵṭīṭ, تَكْتِيك taktīk
- tactic in Indonesian
- taktik
- tactic in Thai
- ยุทธวิธี yút-tá-wí-tii
- tactic in Vietnamese
- chiến thuật, thuật
Examples of tactic in a sentence
- A racer will often nerf another as a psychological tactic.
- To keep the focus away from his client, the lawyer basically played possum during the entire complex trial, and his tactic paid off with an acquittal.
- This tactic—and naming the party after the founder—is presented as a transitional solution to avoid immediate infighting.
Synonyms of tactic
Forms of tactic
| plural | tactics |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | tactick |
Origin of tactic
Borrowed from New Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós, “fit for ordering”), from τάσσω (tássō, “to order, to arrange”).
Words formed from tactic
Words that rhyme with tactic
- galactic
- didactic
- prophylactic
- lactic
- nongalactic
- phonotactic
- syntactic
- backtick
- chiropractic
- factic
- graphotactic
- nonprophylactic
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Questions about tactic
- What does tactic mean?
- Tactic means a maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
- What is tactic in Hindi?
- Tactic in Hindi is रणनीति (raṇnīti). See Tactic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tactic?
- Tactic can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tactic?
- Tactic is pronounced /ˈtæktɪk/.
- What is the plural of tactic?
- The plural of tactic is tactics.
Words near tactic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tactic (page history and authors); रणनीति (Hindi) (page history and authors); tactic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tactic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കൗശലം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); tactic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रणनीति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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