acute

The word “acute” has 2 syllables: a-cute

It's pronounced as /əˈkjuːt/

What is synonym and antonym for acute?

In the thesaurus, “acute” has 133 synonyms and 56 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for acute along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for acute

accentuated
accurate
acicular
aciculate
acuminate
acuminous
afflictive
aggravated
almighty
astute
blistering
burning
canny
clamant
clear
clever
compelling
concentrated
critical
crucial
crying
cuspate
cuspidate
cutting
dangerous
decisive
deep
deepened
delicate
demanding
desperate
dire
discerning
discriminating
distressing
dreadful
emergent
emphasized
enhanced
essential
excruciating
exhaustive
exigent
explosive
exquisite
extreme
fearful
fearsome
ferocious
fierce
fine
frightful
furious
ghastly
good
grave
hair-trigger
hard
harsh
hazardous
heavy
heavy-duty
heightened
hellacious
hyperacute
hypersensitive
immediate
imperative
imperious
importunate
incisive
ingenious
insightful
insistent
instant
intense
intensified
intensive
intuitive
judicious
keen
knifelike
life-and-death
life-or-death
magnified
necessitous
needle-shaped
observant
overpowering
overriding
oversensitive
overwhelming
peaked
penetrating
perceptive
perilous
perspicacious
piercing
piked
poignant
pointed
powerful
precarious
precise
pressing
profound
quick
quick-witted
racking
receptive
rigorous
sensible
sensitive
serious
severe
sharp
sharpened
shooting
smart
spiked
stabbing
stressed
subtle
sudden
supersensitive
terrible
thorough
unstable
urgent
vehement
vicious
violent
vital

Antonyms for acute

abated
alleviated
bad
blunt
calm
dead
deadened
decreased
dense
diminished
dimmed
dull
dulled
eased
fading
feeble
forthright
honest
ignorant
imperceptive
imprecise
inaccurate
incidental
insensible
insensitive
kind
lessened
light
lightened
low-pressure
mild
minor
moderate
moderated
negligible
noncritical
nonthreatening
nonurgent
not serious
numb
obtuse
pleasant
qualified
reduced
safe
shallow
slow
soft
soothing
stable
stupid
subdued
superficial
trivial
unimportant
weak

Meanings of acute

noun
1. A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
2. An accent or tone higher than others.
3. An acute accent (´).
verb
1. To give an acute sound to.
2. To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
adjective
1. Brief, quick, short.
2. High or shrill.
3. Intense, sensitive, sharp.
4. Urgent.
5. With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
6. Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.
7. Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
8. Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
9. Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
10. Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
11. After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.

Example Sentences

She was hospitalized with acute abdominal pain.
His acute sense of hearing allowed him to detect the faintest sounds.
The shortage of clean water is an acute problem in the region.
He demonstrated acute awareness of the political implications.
An acute triangle has all angles measuring less than 90 degrees.

On this page you'll find 189 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to acute, such as: abated, accentuated, accurate, acicular, aciculate, acuminate, acuminous.

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