tactfulness

Questions about tactfulness

What does tactfulness mean?

tactfulness means "consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense".

How many syllables are in tactfulness?

tactfulness has 3 syllables: tact-ful-ness. The stress falls on "tact".

What is another word for tactfulness?

Close synonyms include tact. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of tactfulness?

The recorded antonyms are tactlessness.

Is tactfulness a common word?

tactfulness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.