All acuity synonyms
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A a noun acuity
- awareness β the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- skill β the ability, coming from one's knowledge, practice, aptitude, etc., to do something well: Carpentry was one of his many skills.
- savvy β experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- subtlety β the state or quality of being subtle.
- quickness β done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- agility β the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness: exercises demanding agility.
- intuition β direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
- sense β any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- acumen β keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; shrewdness
- surveillance β a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- caution β Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- diligence β constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind.
- guile β insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- ingenuity β the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness: a designer of great ingenuity.
- intelligence β capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
- sensitivity β the state or quality of being sensitive; sensitiveness.
- insight β an instance of apprehending the true nature of a thing, especially through intuitive understanding: an insight into 18th-century life.
- vision β the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
- brilliance β great brightness; radiance
- wit β the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- intellect β the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands, as distinguished from that by which one feels and that by which one wills; the understanding; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge.
- judgment β an act or instance of judging.
- shrewdness β astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- wisdom β the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
- reason β a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- quotient β the result of division; the number of times one quantity is contained in another.
- brainpower β Brainpower is intelligence or the ability to think.
- mentality β mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality.
- trenchancy β incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting: trenchant wit.
- alertness β fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- coruscation β a gleam or flash of light
- profundity β the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- capacity β The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
- brightness β the condition of being bright
- luminosity β luminance (def 2).
- iq β intelligence quotient
- precocity β the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
- competence β Competence is the ability to do something well or effectively.
- know-how β the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
- lookout β Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
- attentiveness β characterized by or giving attention; observant: an attentive audience.
- observance β an act or instance of following, obeying, or conforming to: the observance of traffic laws.
- attention β If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully.
- watch β to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- circumspection β Circumspection is cautious behaviour and a refusal to take risks.
- vigil β wakefulness maintained for any reason during the normal hours for sleeping.
- watchfulness β vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- deepness β extending far down from the top or surface: a deep well; a deep valley.
- mind β (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- perception β the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.