strategic

/strəˈtidʒɪk/

/strəˈtidʒɪk/

Desperate to trap Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote comes up with a strategic plan, meaning a plan designed to achieve a specific goal.

Strategic is a military word, relating to the careful plotting and planning necessary to win battles. But you don't need to be a general to think strategically. If you recruit your friends to talk you up to the girl you have a crush on, you're taking a strategic approach to romance.

Definitions of strategic

1. adjective

   relating to or concerned with strategy
   “strategic weapon”

   “the islands are of strategic importance”

   “strategic considerations”

   synonyms: strategical
2. adjective

   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:

   important, of import

   of great significance or value