Antonyms for acute
əˈkyutacute

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1. acuteadjective

   Synonyms:
   obtuse

2. acuteadjective

   Antonyms:
   chronic

3. acuteadjective

   To give an acute sound to.

   He acutes his rising inflection too much.

   Synonyms:
   urgent, pressing, sudden, emergent

4. acuteadjective

   sensitive

   Antonyms:
   obtuse, witless, slow, dull

   Synonyms:
   powerful, strong, intense, sharp, keen

5. acuteadjective

   Short, quick.

   It was an acute event.

   Antonyms:
   slow, leisurely

   Synonyms:
   fast, rapid

6. acuteadjective

   Of a triangle, having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.

   Synonyms:
   acute-angled

   Antonyms:
   obtuse-angled, obtuse

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acute

   Acute, from the Latin, suggests the sharpness of the needle's point; keen, from the Saxon, the sharpness of the cutting edge. Astute, from the Latin, with the original sense of cunning has come to have a meaning that combines the sense of acute or keen with that of sagacious. The astute mind adds to acuteness and keenness an element of cunning or finesse. The astute debater leads his opponents into a snare by getting them to make admissions, or urge arguments, of which he sees a result that they do not perceive. The acute, keen intellect may take no special advantage of these qualities; the astute mind has always a point to make for itself, and seldom fails to make it. A knowing look, air, etc., in general indicates practical knowledge with a touch of shrewdness, and perhaps of cunning; in regard to some special matter, it indicates the possession of reserved knowledge which the person could impart if he chose. Knowing has often a slightly invidious sense. We speak of a knowing rascal, meaning cunning or shrewd within a narrow range, but of a knowing horse or dog, in the sense of sagacious, implying that he knows more than could be expected of such an animal. A knowing child has more knowledge than would be looked for at his years, perhaps more than is quite desirable, while to speak of a child as intelligent is altogether complimentary.

   Antonyms:
   blind, dull, idiotic, imbecile, shallow, short-sighted, stolid, stupid, undiscerning, unintelligent

   Synonyms:
   astute, clear-sighted, crafty, cunning, discerning, discriminating, keen, knowing, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, subtile, subtle

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acute

   Antonyms:
   dull, blunt, obtuse, stupid, undiscerning, heavy, chronic, stolid

   Synonyms:
   pointed, penetrating, sagacious, perspicacious, keen, astute, piercing, sharp, shrewd, keen-sighted, severe, distressing

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1. • Medicine

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acute accent, acute, agueadjective

   a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

   Antonyms:
   dull, noncrucial, pointless, degenerative, unperceptive, obtuse, chronic, noncritical, unperceiving, unpointed

   Synonyms:
   chills and fever, ague, acute accent

2. acuteadjective

   having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course

   "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients"

   Antonyms:
   unperceiving, noncritical, noncrucial, obtuse, dull, unpointed, unperceptive, degenerative, chronic, pointless

   Synonyms:
   keen, penetrating, piercing, knifelike, incisive, penetrative, intense, sharp, needlelike, acuate, discriminating

3. acute, intenseadjective

   extremely sharp or intense

   "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning"

   Antonyms:
   unperceptive, noncritical, obtuse, unpointed, pointless, chronic, unperceiving, degenerative, noncrucial, dull

   Synonyms:
   keen, penetrating, vivid, piercing, knifelike, incisive, penetrative, intense, sharp, needlelike, acuate, discriminating

4. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharpadjective

   having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

   "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"

   Antonyms:
   noncritical, noncrucial, pointless, unperceptive, degenerative, unperceiving, obtuse, chronic, unpointed, dull

   Synonyms:
   intense, penetrative, discriminating, shrill, neat, sharp, shrewd, lancinating, nifty, sharp-worded, not bad(p), bang-up, astute, incisive, acuate, dandy, tart, smashing, cutting, bully, precipitous, needlelike, slap-up, abrupt, keen, lancinate, knifelike, corking, exquisite, groovy, great, piercing, penetrating, swell, cracking, crisp, stabbing, peachy

5. acuteadjective

   of an angle; less than 90 degrees

   Antonyms:
   noncrucial, chronic, unperceptive, unperceiving, unpointed, dull, obtuse, pointless, degenerative, noncritical

   Synonyms:
   keen, penetrating, piercing, knifelike, incisive, penetrative, intense, sharp, needlelike, acuate, discriminating

6. acuate, acute, sharp, needlelikeadjective

   ending in a sharp point

   Antonyms:
   degenerative, unperceptive, obtuse, chronic, pointless, dull, unpointed, noncritical, noncrucial, unperceiving

   Synonyms:
   abrupt, shrill, astute, sharp, incisive, shrewd, knifelike, crisp, keen, needlelike, precipitous, discriminating, tart, sharp-worded, acuate, penetrating, piercing, intense, penetrative

7. acuteadjective

   of critical importance and consequence

   "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds"

   Antonyms:
   obtuse, degenerative, noncrucial, dull, noncritical, pointless, unpointed, chronic, unperceptive, unperceiving

   Synonyms:
   keen, penetrating, piercing, knifelike, incisive, penetrative, intense, sharp, needlelike, acuate, discriminating

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ACUTE

   Synonyms:
   (1) Analysis of Coronary Ultrasound Thrombolysis Endpoints in Acute Myocardial Infarction,, (2) Assessment of Cardioversion Utilizing Transesophageal Echocardiography

How to use acute in a sentence?

1. Alistair Boulton:

   Syria alone has four million refugees, including massive numbers of people in acute crisis, with unbelievable trauma.

2. Karen Ravin:

   Early on in the pandemic, the hospital was pretty empty. There weren't a lot of traumas, other acute injuries or medical concerns. Unfortunately, with the pandemic -- and this is true for both pediatric patients and adults -- a lot of people kind of deferred or waited to get medical care for different concerns because of fear of the pandemic, now, we're seeing the after-effects, where we have a lot of patients admitted right now for a lot of other acute medical concerns and a lot of kids admitted with Covid on top of that. So there are just a lot of patients in the hospital.

3. Matt Gorman:

   She is a very polarizing figure, people have very acute memories about what a Pelosi speakership means.

4. Deborah Robertson:

   The investigation will focus on the conduct of the responding Fire Department personnel and the reasons those personnel did not enter the acute care facility immediately, our prayers are with the patient’s family, as well as our police officer and care center staff who had to endure such an unimaginable situation.

5. Pat Toomey:

   We've got very acute problems within certain employment groups, right? People who work for restaurants and hotels and travel and entertainment -- devastated, but we do not have a global macroeconomic depression underway at all. So it makes no sense to be sending this out to everybody who has a pulse.

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