Another word for acute
acute
modif.
Pointed
Crucial
critical, crucial, decisive, severe, serious, grave, dangerous, important, vital, intense, pressing, urgent, desperate, dire, drastic; see also crucial.
Shrewd
clever, astute, penetrating; see intelligent 1, judicious.
Sharp
Discerning
discriminating, penetrating, sensitive, perceptive, keen, sharp; see also observant 1.
acute suggests severe intensification of a condition that is sharply approaching a climax an acute shortage of workers; critical is applied to a crisis or a turning point that will decisively determine an outcome the situation was critical; a critical point in the negotiations; crucial comes into contrast with critical where a trial determining a course of action rather than a decisive turning point is involved a crucial debate on foreign policy See also syn. study at sharp.
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Another word for acute
Having an end that tapers to a point:
acicular, aciculate, aciculated, acuminate, cuspate, cuspated, cuspidate, cuspidated, mucronate, pointed, pointy, sharp. See sharpPossessing or displaying perceptions of great accuracy and sensitivity:
incisive, keen1, penetrating, perceptive, probing, sensitive, sharp, trenchant. See careful, sharpSo serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis:
climacteric, critical, crucial, desperate, dire. See safetyMarked by severity or intensity:
gnawing, knifelike, lancinating, piercing, sharp, shooting, stabbing. See big- (Music)
Elevated in pitch:
high, high-pitched, piercing, piping, shrieky, shrill, shrilly, treble. See high, sounds
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"acute." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 22 February 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/acute>.
APA Style
acute. (n.d.). Retrieved February 22nd, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/acute
