tactless
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age
Related & opposite
- inconsiderate also see
- inelegant also see
- tactful antonym
- tactlessness derivation
Sense 2 adjective
revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse
an inept remark
Related & opposite
- unsuitability derivation
- tactlessness derivation
- maladroit similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | inconsiderate |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | inelegant |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | tactful |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactlessness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsuitability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactlessness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | maladroit |