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- vital
- cardinal
- decisive
- imperative
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SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO STRATEGIC
- adept
- calculating
- canny
- chary
- conniving
- craft
- cunning
- deceitful
- discreet
- duplicitous
- guileful
- politic
- scheming
- slippery
- strategic
- wily
- acute
- all-important
- bottom-line
- climacteric
- conclusive
- consequential
- crucial
- dangerous
- deciding
- decisive
- desperate
- determinative
- dire
- exceptive
- grave
- hairy
- hazardous
- high-priority
- integral
- momentous
- perilous
- pivotal
- precarious
- pressing
- risky
- serious
- significant
- strategic
- urgent
- vital
- weighty
- adept
- arch
- artful
- astute
- bland
- brainy
- cagey
- calculating
- capable
- clever
- conciliatory
- conniving
- contriving
- courteous
- crafty
- cunning
- deft
- delicate
- dexterous
- discreet
- gracious
- guileful
- intriguing
- opportunistic
- polite
- prudent
- savvy
- scheming
- sensitive
- sharp
- shrewd
- sly
- smooth
- strategic
- suave
- subtle
- wily
- alert
- attentive
- awake
- cagey
- calculating
- careful
- chary
- circumspect
- civil
- conservative
- considerate
- controlled
- diplomatic
- discerning
- discriminating
- gingerly
- guarded
- having foresight
- heedful
- intelligent
- judicious
- like a clam
- moderate
- noncommittal
- not rash
- observant
- on lookout
- politic
- precautious
- prudent
- reasonable
- reserved
- restrained
- safe
- sagacious
- strategic
- tactful
- temperate
- thoughtful
- vigilant
- wary
- watchful
- wise
- worldly-wise
- administrative
- bureaucratic
- managerial
- operational
- organizational
- prepared
- strategic
- acute
- all-important
- climacteric
- conclusive
- consequential
- crucial
- dangerous
- deciding
- decisive
- desperate
- determinative
- dire
- exceptive
- grave
- hairy
- hazardous
- high-priority
- integral
- momentous
- perilous
- pivotal
- precarious
- pressing
- risky
- serious
- significant
- strategic
- urgent
- vital
- weighty
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238 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ stɹətˈiːd͡ʒɪk], [ stɹətˈiːdʒɪk], [ s_t_ɹ_ə_t_ˈiː_dʒ_ɪ_k]
Related words: innovation strategy, innovation management system, innovation processes, strategy management, strategic innovation process, strategic planning process, strategy process
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Table of Contents
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adj.
• all (adjective)
- strategic.
• clever, calculated (adjective)
- planned,
- deliberate,
- politic.
• critical (adjective)
- all-important,
- pivotal,
- high-priority,
- Exceptive,
- risky.
• crucial (adjective)
- imperative,
- decisive,
- cardinal,
- key,
- important,
- necessary,
- vital.
• diplomatic (adjective)
- more opportunistic,
- more contriving,
- more conniving,
- most conniving,
- most capable,
- most contriving,
- most opportunistic.
• discreet (adjective)
- not rash,
- worldly wise,
- observant,
- Precautious,
- non-committal,
- gingerly,
- having foresight,
- like a clam,
- on lookout,
- wisest.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- discreet,
- logistical,
- critical,
- diplomatic,
- complicit,
- opportunistic.
• pert (adjective)
- strategical.
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n.
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- provisional,
- aggressive,
- scheduled.
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- nuclear,
- nonnuclear,
- conventional,
- live,
- long-range,
- antiaircraft,
- heavy,
- anti-personnel,
- anti-tank,
- explosive.
• clever (noun)
- dishonest,
- cunning,
- tricky.
• of import (noun)
- of import.
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Other synonyms:
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- piecemeal,
- sequential,
- worldly,
- prepackaged,
- step by step,
- tactical,
- preparatory,
- half-baked,
- well thought out,
- proposed,
- Fiendish,
- foolproof,
- prepared,
- disciplined,
- controlled,
- workable,
- impracticable,
- get-rich-quick,
- double-barreled,
- programmatic.
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- scientific,
- tightknit.
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- contingency.
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- fixed.
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- forward.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- ingenious,
- strategy,
- on the floor,
- advisable,
- shifty,
- figured,
- arranged,
- essential,
- judicious,
- gainfully,
- deep,
- Trickish,
- favorably,
- crooked,
- crafty,
- guileful,
- tactic,
- well-advised,
- crucially,
- Charted,
- artful,
- scheming,
- calculatedly,
- jesuitical,
- crucial,
- reasonable,
- in the works,
- advantageously,
- intentional,
- astute,
- promising,
- underhand,
- main,
- knowing,
- clever,
- intentionally,
- integral,
- Maneuvering,
- adroit,
- smooth,
- preferred,
- sly,
- up to snuff,
- under consideration,
- insidious,
- slick,
- resourceful,
- expedient,
- serpentine,
- machiavellian,
- hidden,
- inventive,
- Gainful,
- on the docket,
- sophistical,
- foxy,
- propitious,
- major,
- schematized,
- well,
- deceptive,
- stealthy,
- meet,
- valuable,
- slimy,
- plan of action,
- profound,
- auspicious,
- advantageous,
- slim,
- significant,
- blueprinted,
- evasive,
- wily,
- plotted,
- systematized,
- Methodized,
- principal,
- expediently,
- dishonestly,
- rationalized,
- tricksy,
- strategically,
- calculated,
- acute,
- cagey,
- fitting,
- sensible,
- Contriving,
- step-by-step,
- cute,
- supple,
- Strategetic,
- Subdolous,
- Valuably,
- deceitful,
- devious,
- artificial,
- sharp,
- profitably,
- tactful,
- subtle,
- right,
- organised,
- projected,
- convenient,
- wary,
- prudent,
- shrewd,
- planning,
- proper,
- feline,
- leery,
- slippery,
- shaped,
- helpfully,
- deep-laid,
- purposefully,
- beneficial,
- casuistic,
- designed,
- vitally,
- skilful,
- designing,
- deliberately,
- adept,
- favourable,
- organized,
- worked out,
- Devised,
- canny,
- favorable,
- vulpine,
- arch,
- well-considered,
- wise,
- smart,
- sneaky,
- Subtile,
- helpful,
- snaky,
- strategics,
- timeserving,
- appropriate,
- intriguing,
- set,
- useful,
- usefully,
- pawky,
- smarmy,
- profitable,
- beneficially,
- skillful,
- preferable,
- contrived,
- ready.
How to use «Strategic» in context?
A strategic approach deals with the entire spectrum of decision making processes relative to an organization’s overall purpose. It encompasses the related concepts of LEAN and Six Sigma, and their implementation within an organization.
Paraphrases for Strategic:
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
strategical, non-strategic.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
policy-oriented, policy-related, growth-generating.
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Proper noun, singular
Its, expenses, Urs, challenges, agreements, considerations, scenarios, signs, speakers, SDS, outputs, stakeholders.
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Noun, plural
Capabilities, reports, dollars, seas, strategists, stakeholders, projections.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
being, reporting, Providing.
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Verb, past participle
directed.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
Has, includes, presents, covers, provides.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
strategically, strategic-level.
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Proper noun, singular
strategically.
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Adjective
Homophones for Strategic:
- stewardess, southwards, sideritis, starets, sidewards, stretch, straits, stretchy, strategics, streetwise, stratus, strategy.
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1 cardinal, critical, crucial, decisive, important, key, vital
2 calculated, deliberate, diplomatic, planned, politic, tactical
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
strategic
1 adj Strategic means relating to the most important, general aspects of something such as a military operation or political policy, especially when these are decided in advance.
usu ADJ n
…the new strategic thinking which NATO leaders produced at the recent London summit…, The island is of strategic importance to France.
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strategically adv
…strategically important roads, bridges and buildings.
2 adj Strategic weapons are very powerful missiles that can be fired only after a decision to use them has been made by a political leader.
usu ADJ n (Antonym: tactical)
…strategic nuclear weapons.
3 adj If you put something in a strategic position, you place it cleverly in a position where it will be most useful or have the most effect.
usu ADJ n
…the marble benches Eve had placed at strategic points throughout the gardens, where the views were spectacular.
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strategically adv usu ADV -ed
We had kept its presence hidden with a strategically placed chair.
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strategic, strategicaladjective
relating to or concerned with strategy
«strategic weapon»; «the islands are of strategic importance»; «strategic considerations»
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strategicalAntonyms:
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strategicadjective
highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war
«a strategic chess move»; «strategic withdrawal»; «strategic bombing missions»
Synonyms:
strategicalAntonyms:
unimportant
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How to use strategic in a sentence?
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Jesus Luongo:
The decision to sell Chalmette is in line with the priorities we have to exit assets that are non-strategic and not aligned with the commercial policies of the company and the country.
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England Prime Minister David Cameron:
The big strategic decisions are for the next prime minister but the groundwork is under way, all I would say about the outcome is this: I believe it is in our fundamental national and economic interest to remain very close to the European Union, for trade, for business, for security, for cooperation. So let that be our goal.
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Jeff Berry:
Amber has demonstrated tremendous strategic vision and meticulous execution as an entrepreneur and philanthropist, now, in her new role as Agent, Amber brings a unique perspective as business woman of color, baseball wife, and mother, all of which will prove invaluable to our team and the clients we serve.
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Robert Ryan:
The market could tighten significantly if the outage is indeed weeks and not days. You will see SPR draws. Arguably the world is dependent on strategic reserves right now.
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Kurt Campbell:
There is a broad group of people across the political aisle that understand the profound strategic significance and our strategic interests in maintaining a strong relationship with Taiwan.
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