All diplomatic synonyms
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D d adj diplomatic
- gracious β pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- polite β showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- conciliatory β When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.
- strategic β pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- adept β Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully.
- arch β An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.
- artful β If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
- astute β If you describe someone as astute, you think they show an understanding of behaviour and situations, and are skilful at using this knowledge to their own advantage.
- bland β If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
- brainy β Someone who is brainy is clever and good at learning.
- cagey β If you say that someone is being cagey about something, you mean that you think they are deliberately not giving you much information or expressing an opinion about it.
- calculating β If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- capable β If a person or thing is capable of doing something, they have the ability to do it.
- clever β Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
- courteous β Someone who is courteous is polite and respectful to other people.
- crafty β If you describe someone as crafty, you mean that they achieve what they want in a clever way, often by deceiving people.
- cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- deft β A deft action is skilful and often quick.
- delicate β Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- dexterous β Someone who is dexterous is very skilful and clever with their hands.
- discreet β judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- intriguing β to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- prudent β wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- savvy β experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- scheming β given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- sensitive β endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- sharp β having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shrewd β astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- sly β cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- smooth β free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- suave β (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- subtle β thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- wily β full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.
- guileful β insidiously cunning; artfully deceptive; wily.
- conniving β If you describe someone as conniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people.
- contriving β to plan with ingenuity; devise; invent: The author contrived a clever plot.
- opportunistic β adhering to a policy of opportunism; practicing opportunism.
adjective diplomatic
- political β of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- ambassadorial β Ambassadorial means belonging or relating to an ambassador.
- consular β Consular means involving or relating to a consul or the work of a consul.
- tactful β having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- cautious β Someone who is cautious acts very carefully in order to avoid possible danger.
- politic β shrewd or prudent in practical matters; tactful; diplomatic.