What is another word for astute?
Synonyms for astute
əˈstut, əˈstyutas·tute
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word astute.
Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
astute
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.
Synonyms:
acute, clear-sighted, crafty, cunning, discerning, discriminating, keen, knowing, penetrating, penetrative, perspicacious, sagacious, sharp, shrewd, subtile, subtleAntonyms:
blind, dull, idiotic, imbecile, shallow, short-sighted, stolid, stupid, undiscerning, unintelligent
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
astute
Synonyms:
crafty, shrewd, knowing, sharp, discriminating, sagacious, penetrating, acute, discerning, keenAntonyms:
dull, unobserving, undiscriminating, stolid, asinine, anserine, blind
Princeton's WordNet
astute, sharp, shrewdadjective
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:
abrupt, shrill, sharp, incisive, conniving, shrewd, knifelike, crisp, keen, calculating, scheming, needlelike, precipitous, discriminating, tart, sharp-worded, acute, calculative, acuate, penetrating, piercing, penetrativeAntonyms:
stupid
Dictionary of English Synonymes
astuteadjective
Synonyms:
cunning, crafty, intriguing, wily, artful, sly, subtle, arch, deep, machiavelianastuteadjective
Synonyms:
shrewd, sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, discerning, ingenious, perspicacious, keen, intelligent, long-headed, keen-sighted, clear-sighted, quick-sighted, eagle-eyed
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "astute":
shrewd, clever, perceptive, cunning, canny, intelligent, smart, insightful, discerning, wise
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1524","1"],["1572","1"],["1581","1"],["1582","1"],["1607","2"],["1612","1"],["1648","2"],["1679","1"],["1681","2"],["1683","1"],["1704","1"],["1705","2"],["1709","1"],["1711","1"],["1715","1"],["1717","1"],["1719","2"],["1721","2"],["1722","1"],["1724","1"],["1725","5"],["1727","1"],["1729","3"],["1733","1"],["1735","1"],["1736","2"],["1740","2"],["1741","1"],["1742","1"],["1747","2"],["1750","2"],["1751","1"],["1753","1"],["1755","3"],["1756","1"],["1759","2"],["1763","2"],["1764","1"],["1765","2"],["1766","1"],["1768","1"],["1770","3"],["1776","1"],["1782","4"],["1787","1"],["1788","1"],["1790","1"],["1792","6"],["1793","1"],["1794","6"],["1795","1"],["1796","5"],["1797","6"],["1798","2"],["1799","14"],["1800","12"],["1801","15"],["1802","7"],["1803","3"],["1804","1"],["1805","5"],["1806","6"],["1807","3"],["1808","6"],["1809","12"],["1810","9"],["1811","9"],["1812","19"],["1813","5"],["1814","10"],["1815","4"],["1816","11"],["1817","7"],["1818","6"],["1819","5"],["1820","16"],["1821","3"],["1822","34"],["1823","29"],["1824","19"],["1825","32"],["1826","15"],["1827","23"],["1828","31"],["1829","36"],["1830","63"],["1831","71"],["1832","65"],["1833","74"],["1834","69"],["1835","98"],["1836","74"],["1837","87"],["1838","131"],["1839","142"],["1840","140"],["1841","146"],["1842","145"],["1843","131"],["1844","195"],["1845","213"],["1846","235"],["1847","276"],["1848","282"],["1849","319"],["1850","292"],["1851","471"],["1852","529"],["1853","551"],["1854","563"],["1855","654"],["1856","802"],["1857","719"],["1858","628"],["1859","566"],["1860","580"],["1861","498"],["1862","328"],["1863","426"],["1864","582"],["1865","578"],["1866","603"],["1867","613"],["1868","572"],["1869","543"],["1870","564"],["1871","601"],["1872","658"],["1873","710"],["1874","749"],["1875","774"],["1876","755"],["1877","1043"],["1878","939"],["1879","936"],["1880","1069"],["1881","1044"],["1882","1181"],["1883","1352"],["1884","1108"],["1885","1415"],["1886","1034"],["1887","1212"],["1888","1293"],["1889","1035"],["1890","1111"],["1891","1312"],["1892","1413"],["1893","1520"],["1894","1450"],["1895","1719"],["1896","2049"],["1897","1835"],["1898","2068"],["1899","2485"],["1900","2964"],["1901","2327"],["1902","2506"],["1903","2100"],["1904","2599"],["1905","2488"],["1906","2962"],["1907","2750"],["1908","2776"],["1909","2171"],["1910","2631"],["1911","2401"],["1912","2531"],["1913","2531"],["1914","2516"],["1915","2262"],["1916","2143"],["1917","2262"],["1918","2048"],["1919","2375"],["1920","2476"],["1921","2362"],["1922","2636"],["1923","2137"],["1924","2170"],["1925","2040"],["1926","2027"],["1927","2605"],["1928","2568"],["1929","2361"],["1930","2713"],["1931","2831"],["1932","2251"],["1933","1979"],["1934","2316"],["1935","2489"],["1936","2553"],["1937","2582"],["1938","2637"],["1939","2735"],["1940","2572"],["1941","2204"],["1942","2006"],["1943","1628"],["1944","1777"],["1945","1994"],["1946","2494"],["1947","2838"],["1948","2705"],["1949","2991"],["1950","3033"],["1951","3026"],["1952","3209"],["1953","2864"],["1954","3299"],["1955","3233"],["1956","3587"],["1957","3741"],["1958","3795"],["1959","4056"],["1960","4734"],["1961","4893"],["1962","5695"],["1963","5981"],["1964","6051"],["1965","6647"],["1966","6970"],["1967","7400"],["1968","8581"],["1969","8639"],["1970","8473"],["1971","8656"],["1972","8084"],["1973","7885"],["1974","7869"],["1975","7561"],["1976","8180"],["1977","8077"],["1978","8135"],["1979","8567"],["1980","8756"],["1981","8438"],["1982","9001"],["1983","9241"],["1984","10010"],["1985","10400"],["1986","11433"],["1987","11623"],["1988","12097"],["1989","12683"],["1990","13638"],["1991","13785"],["1992","14666"],["1993","14676"],["1994","16236"],["1995","16600"],["1996","17817"],["1997","18095"],["1998","19026"],["1999","20481"],["2000","23280"],["2001","23293"],["2002","25430"],["2003","26961"],["2004","30224"],["2005","29227"],["2006","30631"],["2007","33589"],["2008","37481"]]
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#2207 | smart | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#4704 | knowing | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#4991 | wise | |
#5690 | acute | |
#9217 | keen | |
#9840 | subtle | |
#10247 | clever | |
#11018 | piercing | |
#11602 | calculating | |
#11793 | crisp | |
#14663 | insightful | |
#21938 | tart | |
#22283 | penetrating | |
#24948 | discerning | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#27559 | abrupt | |
#29124 | discriminating | |
#34018 | astute | |
#43378 | perceptive | |
#44023 | incisive | |
#44318 | shrewd | |
#46745 | shrill | |
#48777 | wily | |
#60128 | scheming | |
#65400 | canny | |
#75592 | precipitous | |
#98300 | conniving | |
#127341 | sagacious | |
#135647 | penetrative | |
#206784 | subtile | |
#268563 | perspicacious | |
#308569 | calculative |
How to use astute in a sentence?
Profound thinkers either become astute lovers or rebellious spirit”
There is a clear distinction between investment outflows that will ultimately lead to foreign direct investment in China, and hot money that's gone forever, the ChemChina deal is a very astute transaction and we will continue to see a fairly high level of such transactions, and this is not contrary to the outflow control objective.
There has been a failure in moral courage by the technologically astute to step in and lead, selflessly. There's always a product pitch at the end of whitepapers. We need to remove the product pitches and replace it with objective and viable action steps
It is an organization that has been around for a long time, in terms of institutional clout and power and influence, i think the organization itself has proven itself to be a very astute and strong political power, both in mobilizing women voters and young women voters and also in funding candidates.
The panel's recommendations are astute, thorough and fair.
Translations for astute
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- داهية, ذكيArabic
- хитър, проницателенBulgarian
- astutCatalan, Valencian
- dreven, kvik, skarpsindig, snuDanish
- listig, scharfsinnig, gerissenGerman
- οξύνουςGreek
- astuto, perspicaz, sagazSpanish
- azeriBasque
- موشکافPersian
- neuvokas, teräväFinnish
- avisé, astucieux, sagaceFrench
- ravaszHungarian
- cerdikIndonesian
- séður, kænn, slyngurIcelandic
- avveduta, astuto, avvedutoItalian
- עָרוּםHebrew
- 抜け目のないJapanese
- astuteLatin
- scherpzinnigDutch
- gløggNorwegian
- bystryPolish
- astutoPortuguese
- проница́тельный, сообрази́тельный, хи́трыйRussian
- knipslug, skarpsinniga, slug, listig, skarpsinnigSwedish
- קלוגYiddish
Get even more translations for astute »
Translation
Find a translation for the astute synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"astute." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 8 Feb. 2025. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/astute>.
Discuss these astute synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In