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politic

Letters that make politic

o, l, p, c, t, i are letters that make 'politic'

Words within politic

IT, ti, PO, IC, pol, lit, li, ic, Po, tic, Li, Ti are words within 'politic'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of politic

politico, politick, politics are words created by adding a letter to 'politic'

politic is a 7 letter word ending with c
politic is a 7 letter word starting with p

2 possible definitions for 'politic'

Politic as "marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness"

Under this definition, politic is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

impolitic has the opposite meaning of politic

Similar to politic

expedient, sagacious are similar to 'politic'.

Example of politic used within this context

"it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels", "a politic decision", "a politic manager", "a politic old scoundrel", "a shrewd and politic reply"

Politic as "smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication"

Under this definition, politic is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

smooth, suave, bland have the same meaning as 'politic'

Derivatives of politic

suavity, suaveness, blandness, smoothness are derivatives of 'politic'.

Similar to politic

diplomatic, diplomatical are similar to 'politic'.

Example of politic used within this context

"he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage", "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"