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politic
Synonyms and Antonyms of politic
- the actor is politic in discussing the aborted film project, being content to say that there were "creative differences"
discourteous, inconsiderate, indelicate, thoughtless, ungracious
ill-bred, ill-mannered, impolite, uncalled-for, uncivil, unhandsome, unmannered, unmannerly
boorish, brash, brassy, caddish, churlish, clodhopping, clownish, loutish, uncouth
disregardful, disrespectful, impertinent, impudent, insolent, rude
- it probably would not be politic to tell your boss that his latest idea is the worst thing youʼve ever heard
Synonym Discussion of politic
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- a politically expedient decision
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- a politic show of interest
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- sometimes it's advisable to say nothing
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