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The Meaning of finesse

  • (a.) Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
  • (a.) The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.
  • (v. i.) To use artifice or stratagem.
  • (v. i.) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.

Synonyms

diplomatic negotiations , daintiness , dainty , diplomacy , delicacy , statesmanship , prudence , circumspection , slightness , discreetness , fineness , airiness , treat , fragility , kickshaw , goody , discretion , statecraft , artifice , art , craft , invention , stratagem , blind , cunning , fraud , machination , subterfuge , cheat , device , guile , maneuver , trick , contrivance , dodge , imposture , ruse , wile

Antonyms

fairness , honesty , sincerity , candor , guilelessness , innocence , simplicity , truth , artlessness , frankness , ingenuousness , openness

Rhymes

abs , abscess , abts , access , acquiesce , address , adss , aggress , assess , attests , bess , besse , bless , bress , bresse , caress , ccs , ches , chess , cmos , coalesce , compress , confess , contests , convalesce , cress , depress , digests , digress , dispossess , distress , dress , egress , ellesse , ess , esse , etess , excess , express , fess , fluoresce , fress , gess , gless , gress , guess , hces , headdress , hess , hesse , impress , ines , inverness , jess , kess , kless , kness , kress , kresse , kubes , largesse , lcs , les , less , letterpress , ls , mess , ness , nevertheless , noblesse , nonetheless , oas , obsess , oppress , outguess , overdress , pesce , pless , possess , press , presse , process , profess , progress , protests , ques , reassess , recess , redress , refenes , regress , reinvests , repossess , repress , requests , ress , s , simplesse , stds , stress , success , suppress , tcas , tess , transgress , tress , ts , undress , unless , uss , vess , watercress , wes , wess , ws , yes