astuteness

astuteness
n
1. perception, discernment, penetration; perspicacity, percipience, appercipience, discrimination; acuteness, keenness, acumen, quickness, sharpness; sagacity, judiciousness, wisdom, sapience, mother wit, wits; intelligence, understanding, reason, sensibility, apperception, clear-headedness, soundness; discretion, prudence, wariness, chariness, caution; vigilance, watchfulness, mindfulness; common sense, good judgment, brains, sense, wit, mind; alertness, quick-wittedness, smartness, nimbleness.
2. cleverness, cunning, guile, wiliness, craftiness, trickery; artfulness, ingenuity, subtlety, astucity; shrewdness, canniness, slyness, foxiness, Inf. caginess, shiftiness.

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  • astuteness — index common sense, insight, intelligence (intellect), judgment (discernment), perception, sagacity …   Law dictionary

  • astuteness — astute ► ADJECTIVE ▪ good at making accurate judgements; shrewd. DERIVATIVES astutely adverb astuteness noun. ORIGIN Latin astutus, from astus craft …   English terms dictionary

  • Astuteness — Astute As*tute , a. [L. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning; perh. cognate with E. acute.] Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty. [1913 Webster] Syn: Keen; eagle eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • astuteness — noun see astute …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • astuteness — See astutely. * * * …   Universalium

  • astuteness — noun The quality of being astute …   Wiktionary

  • astuteness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sagacity, keenness, shrewdness; see acumen . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging: acumen, clear sightedness, discernment, discrimination, eye, keenness, nose, penetration,… …   English dictionary for students

  • astuteness — as tute·ness || nɪs n. cleverness; keenness, shrewdness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • astuteness — n. Shrewdness, penetration, sagacity, perspicacity, discernment, acuteness, sharpness, subtlety, ingenuity, mother wit, quick parts, long headedness, keen sightedness, quick sightedness, power to fathom wiles …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • astuteness — as·tute·ness …   English syllables

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