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finesse
Synonyms and Antonyms of finesse
- maneuvered his opponent into checkmate with his customary finesse
ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, faculty, knack, prowess, talent
competence, competency, efficiency, expertise, know-how, proficiency
ingeniousness, ingenuity, resourcefulness
artfulness, artifice, caginess (also cageyness), canniness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, wiliness
finesse
Synonyms and Antonyms of finesse
- had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon
- tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time
avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, scape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)
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