politic
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness
it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels
Related & opposite
- diplomatical also see
- impolitic antonym
- expedient similar to
- sagacious similar to
Sense 2 adjective
smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage
Related & opposite
- blandness derivation
- suavity derivation
- diplomatical similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | diplomatical |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | impolitic |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | expedient |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sagacious |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blandness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | suavity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | diplomatical |