adj
Meaning 1
Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: tactless
Standard Lemma guide
tactful
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtæktfəl/
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adjective
Meaning 2
having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she was tactful enough not to shatter his illusion
- a tactful remark eased her embarrassment
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: tactless
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- by diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone
- a tactful way of correcting someone
- the agency got the kid-glove treatment on Capitol Hill
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kid-glove
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From tact + -ful.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: taktvol — possessing tact
- Bulgarian: тактичен (taktičen) — possessing tact
- Catalan: discret — possessing tact
- Czech: taktní — possessing tact
- Dutch: tactvol — possessing tact
- Esperanto: taktoplena — possessing tact
- Finnish: tahdikas — possessing tact
- Finnish: hienotunteinen — possessing tact
- French: plein de tact — possessing tact
- French: diplomatique — possessing tact
- German: taktvoll — possessing tact
- Hungarian: tapintatos — possessing tact
- Hungarian: diszkrét — possessing tact
- Hungarian: diplomatikus — possessing tact
- Kazakh: бипаз (bipaz) — possessing tact
- Māori: matawhāiti — possessing tact
- Māori: whakahangahanga — possessing tact
- Persian: سنجیده — possessing tact
- Persian: با ظرافت — possessing tact
- Polish: taktowny — possessing tact
- Russian: такти́чный (taktíčnyj) — possessing tact
- Russian: дипломати́чный (diplomatíčnyj) — possessing tact
- Spanish: de / con tacto (mucho) — possessing tact
- Spanish: con gracia — possessing tact
- Spanish: tener tacto (mucho) — possessing tact
- Spanish: (abundante) de tacto — possessing tact
- Ukrainian: такто́вний (taktóvnyj) — possessing tact
- Vietnamese: khôn khéo — possessing tact