About The Word Astute
Learn about the word Astute to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Astute definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Astute
| Astute Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Astute?
[adj] marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Astute: sharp | shrewd | smart Related Terms | Find terms related to Astute: acute | adroit | alert | apperceptive | appercipient | arch | argute | artful | cagey | calculating | canny | clever | cogent | crafty | cunning | cute | deceitful | deep | deep-laid | designing | diplomatic | discerning | discreet | farseeing | farsighted | feline | foreseeing | foresighted | forethoughted | forethoughtful | foxy | guileful | heady | incisive | ingenious | insidious | insightful | intelligent | inventive | judicious | keen | knowing | knowledgeable | longheaded | longsighted | Machiavellian | Machiavellic | observant | pawky | penetrating | perceptive | percipient | perspicacious | perspicuous | piercing | politic | provident | prudent | quick | quick-witted | ready | resourceful | sagacious | sage | savvy | scheming | serpentine | sharp | shifty | shrewd | slick | slippery | sly | smooth | snaky | sneaky | sophistical | stealthy | strategic | subtile | subtle | supple | tactical | trenchant | trickish | tricksy | tricky | underhand | underhanded | understanding | vulpine | wary | wily | wise See Also | Astute In Webster's Dictionary \As*tute"\, a. [L. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning;
perh. cognate with E. acute.]
Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
Syn: Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating;
cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty. {As*tute"ly},
adv. -- {As*tute"ness}, n.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Hotly ‐ in a heated manner; "`To say I am behind the strike is so much…
- Order lagomorpha ‐ rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata…
- Sandbur ‐ grass of the eastern United States and tropical America having…
- Beholding ‐ perception by means…
- Double bass ‐ largest and lowest member of the violin family [adj] pitched…
- Manpower ‐ the force of workers…
- Illustrated ‐ (of a publication) provided with illustrations; "illustrated…
- Marine turtle ‐ any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers;…
- Guarded ‐ prudent; "guarded optimism" [adj] very reluctant to give out…
- Assuasive ‐ freeing from fear…