finesse
noun
1 finesse
Subtly skillful handling of a situation.
synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness.
Roget 850:
taste;
good taste,
refined taste,
cultivated taste;
delicacy,
refinement,
fine feeling,
gust,
gusto,
tact,
finesse;
nicety
etc.
(discrimination)
465;
to prepon [Gr.];
polish,
elegance,
grace.
judgment,
discernment
etc.
465.
dilettantism,
dilettanteism;
virtu;
fine art;
culture,
cultivation.
[Science of taste]
aesthetics.
man of taste
&c.;
connoisseur,
judge,
critic,
conoscente,
virtuoso,
amateur,
dilettante,
Aristarchus†,
Corinthian,
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.],
stagirite†,
euphemist.
caviare to the general"
[Hamlet].
... show more
Roget 698:
skill,
skillfulness,
address;
dexterity,
dexterousness;
adroitness,
expertness
etc.
adj.;
proficiency,
competence,
technical competence,
craft,
callidity†,
facility,
knack,
trick,
sleight;
mastery,
mastership,
excellence,
panurgy†;
ambidexterity,
ambidextrousness†;
sleight of hand
etc.
(deception)
545.
seamanship,
airmanship,
marksmanship,
horsemanship;
rope-dancing.
accomplishment,
acquirement,
attainment;
art,
science;
technicality,
technology;
practical knowledge,
technical knowledge.
knowledge of the world,
world wisdom,
savoir faire [Fr.];
tact;
mother wit
etc.
(sagacity)
498;
discretion
etc.
(caution)
864;
finesse;
craftiness
etc.
(cunning)
702;
management
etc.
(conduct)
692;
self-help.
cleverness,
talent,
ability,
ingenuity,
capacity,
parts,
talents,
faculty,
endowment,
forte,
turn,
gift,
genius;
intelligence
etc.
498;
sharpness,
readiness
etc.
(activity)
682;
invention
etc.
515;
aptness,
aptitude;
turn for,
capacity for,
genius for;
felicity,
capability,
curiosa felicitas [Lat.],
qualification,
habilitation.
proficient
etc.
700.
masterpiece,
coup de maitre [Fr.],
chef d'euvre [Fr.],
tour de force;
good stroke
etc.
(plan)
626.
... show more
Roget 702:
cunning,
craft;
cunningness†,
craftiness
etc.
adj.;
subtlety,
artificiality;
maneuvering
etc.
v.;
temporization;
circumvention.
chicane,
chicanery;
sharp practice,
knavery,
jugglery†;
concealment
etc.
528;
guile,
doubling,
duplicity
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
foul play.
diplomacy,
politics;
Machiavelism;
jobbery,
backstairs influence.
art,
artifice;
device,
machination;
plot
etc.
(plan)
626;
maneuver,
stratagem,
dodge,
sidestep,
artful dodge,
wile;
trick,
trickery
etc.
(deception)
545;
ruse,
ruse de guerre [Fr.];
finesse,
side blow,
thin end of the wedge,
shift,
go by,
subterfuge,
evasion;
white lie
etc.
(untruth)
546;
juggle,
tour de force;
tricks of the trade,
tricks upon travelers;
espieglerie [Fr.];
net,
trap
etc.
545.
Ulysses,
Machiavel,
sly boots,
fox,
reynard;
Scotchman;
Jew,
Yankee;
intriguer,
intrigant†;
floater [U.S.],
Indian giver [U.S.],
keener [U.S.],
repeater [U.S.].
... show more
Polish: finezyjność
verb
Roget 702:
be cunning
etc.
adj.;
have cut one's eyeteeth;
contrive
etc.
(plan)
626;
live by one's wits;
maneuver;
intrigue,
gerrymander,
finesse,
double,
temporize,
stoop to conquer,
reculer pour mieux sauter [Fr.],
circumvent,
steal a march upon;
overreach
etc.
545;
throw off one's guard;
surprise
etc.
508;
snatch a verdict;
waylay,
undermine,
introduce the thin end of the wedge;
play a deep game,
play tricks with;
ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.];
flatter,
make things pleasant;
have an ax to grind.
dodge,
sidestep,
bob and weave.
... show more
Moby thesaurus: Italian hand, ability, acquired taste, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, angle, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciation of excellence, appreciativeness, art, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistic judgment, artistry, astuteness, beguile, bluff, bravura, brew, brilliance, cabal, cageyness, callidity, canniness, capability, capacity, choiceness, civilized taste, civilizedness, cleverness, collude, collusion, command, competence, complicity, complot, con, concoct, confederacy, connivance, connive, connoisseurship, conspiracy, conspire, contrivance, contriving, control, cook up, coordination, countermine, counterplot, covin, craft, craftiness, craftsmanship, critical niceness, criticalness, cultivated taste, cultivation, culture, cunning, cunningness, daintiness, dash, deceit, deceive, deception, deep-laid plot, deftness, delicacy, delude, device, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, discretion, discriminating taste, discriminatingness, discrimination, discriminativeness, dodge, efficiency, elan, elegance, engineer, engineering, excellence, expedient, expertise, expertness, exploit, facility, fastidiousness, feel, feeling, finagle, finagling, fine Italian hand, fine palate, fool, foxiness, frame, frame up, frame-up, game, gamesmanship, good taste, grace, gracefulness, gracility, graciosity, graciousness, grip, guile, handiness, hatch, hatch a plot, hatch up, hoodwink, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity, insidiousness, intrigue, inventiveness, jockey, judiciousness, knack, know-how, lay a plot, little game, machinate, machination, making distinctions, maneuver, maneuvering, manipulate, manipulation, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, niceness, niceness of distinction, nicety, one-upmanship, operate, outwit, palate, panache, play, plot, plotting, polish, practical ability, proficiency, prowess, quality, quickness, readiness, refined discrimination, refined palate, refinement, resource, resourcefulness, rig, rigging, ruse, satanic cunning, savoir-faire, savvy, scheme, schemery, scheming, seamanship, selectiveness, sense, sensibility, sensitivity, sharpness, shift, shiftiness, shrewdness, skill, skillfulness, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, sophistication, sophistry, stealth, stealthiness, stratagem, strategy, style, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, tact, tactfulness, talent, taste, tastefulness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, trick, trickiness, twist and turn, underplot, virtuosity, wangle, wariness, web of intrigue, wile, wiles, wiliness, wire-pulling, wit, wizardry, workmanship ... show more.
debug info: 0.034