Synonyms of tacks

tacks 1 of 2

noun

plural of tack

as in methods

the means or procedure for doing something

this clearly isn't working, so let's take a different tack in trying to solve the problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• methods
• approaches
• strategies
• techniques
• ways
• methodologies
• manners
• tactics
• recipes
• styles
• systems
• forms
• plans
• fashions
• routes
• steps
• modes
• hows
• moves
• programs
• policies
• models
• blueprints
• shifts
• designs
• practices
• lines
• processes
• schemes
• games
• layouts
• intrigues
• plots
• routines
• game plans
• ground plans
• expedients
• practises
• modi operandi

tacks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tack

1

as in zigzags

Synonyms & Similar Words

• zigzags
• wheels
• deviates
• detours
• veers
• diverges
• turns off
• turns
• swings
• swerves
• turns back
• sheers
• doubles (back)

2

as in clips

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clips
• nails
• pins
• clamps
• screws
• rivets
• sticks
• glues
• ties
• straps
• staples
• toggles
• clasps
• adheres
• latches
• harnesses
• yokes
• tackles
• lashes
• affixes
• hangs
• bolts
• clinches
• clenches
• pastes
• plasters
• cinches
• laces
• shackles
• attaches
• hasps
• bends
• fastens
• links
• connects
• buttons
• fixes
• joins
• unites
• battens
• reattaches
• coapts
• reaffixes
• refastens
• resecures
• refixes
• belays
• does up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• detaches
• unhooks
• unfastens
• splits
• undoes
• parts
• divides
• severs
• disconnects
• separates
• divorces
• breaks up
• sunders
• dissociates
• uncouples
• disjoins
• loosens
• looses
• unlinks
• dissevers
• unties
• disunites
• disjoints
• unyokes
• unbinds
• unfixes
• unlashes

Phrases Containing tacks

• brass tacks