Synonyms for diplomacy
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Tact
2. Statecraft — the art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements…
Other
negotiation, diplomaticness rare, diplomaticity rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The art and practice of conducting international relations by negotiating alliances, treaties, agreements etc., bilaterally or multilaterally, between states and sometimes international organizations, or even between polities with varying status, such as those of monarchs and their princely vassals.
National diplomacy typically deploys its dexterity to secure advantage for one's nation.
- n. 2
Tact and subtle skill in dealing with people so as to avoid or settle hostility.
Related words
- Word family
- diploma diplomat diplomatic diplomatist
- Phrases
- gunboat diplomacy public diplomacy
Forms
- Plural
- diplomacies → tacts, finesses, delicacies, statecrafts…
Example sentences
- finesse It could have been executed with more finesse.
- delicacy Fried spiders are a regional delicacy in Cambodia.
- tact Tact is the ability to think with another person's brain.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| diplomacy | steady | |
| finesse | rising | |
| delicacy | steady | |
| tact | steady | |
| discreetness | steady | |
| statecraft | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tact1
- 7 letters
- finesse2
- 8 letters
- delicacy4
- 10 letters
- statecraft2
- 11 letters
- negotiation5
- 12 letters
- discreetness
- 13 letters
- statesmanship3, diplomaticity
- 14 letters
- diplomaticness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (finesse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- diplomatie
- Italiano
- diplomazia