All finesse synonyms
fiΒ·nesse
F f verb finesse
- play β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- jockey β a person who rides horses professionally in races.
- angle β An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
- wangle β to bring about, accomplish, or obtain by scheming or underhand methods: to wangle an invitation.
- bluff β A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- rig β Chiefly Nautical. to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
- manipulate β to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
noun finesse
- skill β the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well: Carpentry was one of his many skills.
- flair β a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack: a flair for rhyming.
- grace β William Russell, 1832β1904, U.S. financier and shipping magnate, born in Ireland: mayor of New York City 1880β88.
- elegance β The quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner; style.
- poise β a centimeter-gram-second unit of viscosity, equal to the viscosity of a fluid in which a stress of one dyne per square centimeter is required to maintain a difference of velocity of one centimeter per second between two parallel planes in the fluid that lie in the direction of flow and are separated by a distance of one centimeter. Symbol: P.
- assurance β If you give someone an assurance that something is true or will happen, you say that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, in order to make them feel less worried.
- refinement β fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
- know-how β the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
- maneuver β a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- manoeuvre β a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
- acumen β keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; shrewdness
- competence β Competence is the ability to do something well or effectively.
- guile β insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- quickness β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- savvy β experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- sophistication β sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.
- subtlety β the state or quality of being subtle.
- tact β a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- adeptness β very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
- adroitness β expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- artfulness β slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
- artifice β Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- cleverness β mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- craft β You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
- craftiness β skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- delicacy β Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- diplomacy β the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.
- discernment β the faculty of discerning; discrimination; acuteness of judgment and understanding.
- discretion β the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice: It is entirely within my discretion whether I will go or stay.
- feint β a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
- gimmick β an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
- polish β to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
- racket β a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- ruse β a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
- savoir-faire β knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- stratagem β a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
- trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- wile β a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- big stick β force or the threat of using force
- grift β (sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- sensitivity β the state or quality of being sensitive; sensitiveness.