- tactic
- nounADJECTIVE▪ subtle▪ legitimate▪
Some players see injuring their opponent as a legitimate tactic.
▪ devious, dubious, stealth, underhand▪ extreme, scare, shock, terror▪ guerrilla, militant, revolutionary, violent▪ aggressive, bully-boy (BrE), bullying, hardball (AmE), heavy-handed, strong-arm▪ non-violent, softly-softly▪ intimidation, psychological▪ interrogation▪ smear▪ avoidance, delaying, diversionary, spoiling, stalling▪Children are adept at delaying tactics.
▪ negative, time-wasting▪The coach was criticized for his negative tactics.
▪ short-term▪ campaigning, marketing, negotiating, promotional, sales▪ military, naval, parliamentary, police, politicalVERB + TACTIC▪ decide on, discuss, plan, talk (about), work out▪She decided on a stalling tactic.
▪ adopt, apply, deploy, employ, try, use▪the temptation to use underhand tactics
▪They were desperate enough to try shock tactics.
▪ resort to, stoop to▪I refuse to stoop to such bullying tactics.
▪ change, rethink, shift, switch▪They would do well to switch tactics.
▪ demand, require▪Longer races demand different tactics.
TACTIC + VERB▪ pay off, succeed, work▪His strong-arm tactics paid off.
▪ backfire, failPREPOSITION▪ tactic for▪Teachers learn tactics for dealing with aggressive children.
PHRASES▪ a variety of tactics▪We use a variety of tactics to make learning fun.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
