Synonyms of the word acuity


ACUITYACUTENESS - INTELLIGENCE - KEENNESS - SHARPNESS - SIGHT - VISION

acuity

  • n. Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

acuteness

  • n. The quality of being acute or pointed.
  • n. (of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
  • n. Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
  • n. Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
  • n. Shrewdness, quickness of mind.

intelligence

  • n. (uncountable) Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire…
  • n. (countable) An entity that has such capacities.
  • n. (uncountable) Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
  • n. (countable) A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually…
  • n. (dated) Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

keenness

  • n. sharpness or cutting ability.
  • n. astuteness or sagacity.
  • n. eagerness or enthusiasm.

sharpness

  • n. (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
  • n. (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
  • n. (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
  • n. (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
  • n. (of an image) distinctness, focus.
  • n. (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
  • n. (obsolete) edge or blade.

sight

  • n. (in the singular) The ability to see.
  • n. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
  • n. Something seen.
  • n. Something worth seeing; a spectacle.
  • n. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
  • n. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
  • n. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
  • n. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame…
  • n. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
  • n. Mental view; opinion; judgment.
  • v. (transitive) To register visually.
  • v. (transitive) To get sight of (something).
  • v. (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction…
  • v. (transitive) To take aim at.

vision

  • n. (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
  • n. Something seen; an object perceived visually.
  • n. (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
  • n. (by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
  • n. (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
  • n. (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
  • n. (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
  • v. (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
  • v. (transitive) To provide with a vision.

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