Astute

[ə'stjuːt] or [ə'stut]

Definition

(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' .

Typist: Yvette--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.

Checker: Susie

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Cunning, crafty, intriguing, wily, artful, sly, subtle, arch, deep, Machiavelian.[2]. Shrewd, sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, discerning, ingenious, perspicacious, keen, intelligent, long-headed, keen-sighted, clear-sighted, quick-sighted, eagle-eyed.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Crafty, shrewd, knowing, sharp, discriminating, sagacious, penetrating, acute,discerning, keen

ANT:Dull, unobserving, undiscriminating, stolid, asinine, anserine, blind

Typist: Montague

Definition

adj. crafty: cunning: shrewd: sagacious.—adv. Astute′ly.—n. Astute′ness.—The adj. Astū′cious,adv. Astū′ciously and n. Astū′city are all rare."

Typist: Perry

Examples

Acute and astute, why are you not also omniscient? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
It struck me that so astute a man as Straker would not undertake this delicate tendon-nicking without a little practice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
He is a very honest and at the same time astute man. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Typist: Perry