tactic

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tac=tic

CIDE DICTIONARY

tactic, a. [Gr. taktiko`s. See tactics.].

 Of or pertaining to military or naval tactics; hence, pertaining to, or characterized by, planning or maneuvering for the short term; -- contrasted with strategic, planning for the long term.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

tactic, n. 

 See Tactics.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tactic, n.
1 a tactical manoeuvre.
2 = TACTICS.

Etymology

mod.L tactica f. Gk taktike (tekhne art): see TACTICS

THESAURUS

tactic

action, ad hoc measure, answer, art, artful dodge, artifice, blind, campaign, caper, chicanery, conspiracy, contrivance, countermove, coup, course of action, craft, cute trick, deceit, demarche, design, device, dodge, effort, engineering, expedient, fakement, feint, fetch, gambit, game, generalship, gimmick, grift, improvisation, intrigue, jugglery, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, knavery, last expedient, last resort, last shift, little game, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, military operations, move, orchestration, pis aller, plan, plans, plot, ploy, racket, red herring, resort, resource, ruse, scheme, shake-up, shift, sleight, solution, step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy, subterfuge, tactics, tactual, temporary expedient, trick, trickery, trump, wile, wily device, working hypothesis, working proposition