ACUITY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ACUITY?

Need another word that means the same as “acuity”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “acuity” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Acuity” are: sharp-sightedness, acuteness, keenness, sharpness, insight, discernment, perception, perceptiveness, intelligence, quick-wittedness, cleverness, smartness, incisiveness, trenchancy, astuteness, shrewdness, subtlety, clarity, discrimination, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, profundity, percipience, perspicacity, perspicuity, sagacity

Acuity as a Noun

Definitions of "Acuity" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “acuity” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A quick and penetrating intelligence.
• Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart.
• Sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing.

Synonyms of "Acuity" as a noun (26 Words)

acuteness	Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem. Dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell.
astuteness	The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.
clarity	The quality of clear water. It was clarity of purpose that he needed.
cleverness	The power of creative imagination. The cleverness of her strategy.
discernment	The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. A man of discernment.
discrimination	Recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another. Discrimination learning.
incisiveness	Keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect.
insight	Grasping the inner nature of things intuitively. The town offers some insight into Finnish rural life.
intelligence	The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. The gathering of intelligence.
keenness	A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. I admired the keenness of his mind.
perception	Knowledge gained by perceiving. He wouldn t have accepted said my mother with unusual perception.
perceptiveness	The quality of insight and sympathetic understanding.
percipience	The quality of having sensitive insight or understanding; perceptiveness. Age has not impaired his percipience.
perspicacity	The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness. The perspicacity of her remarks.
perspicuity	Clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous.
profundity	The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas. The simplicity and profundity of the message.
quick-wittedness	Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay.
sagacity	The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. A man of great political sagacity.
sensitivity	Sensitivity to emotional feelings of self and others. A galvanometer of extreme sensitivity.
sharp-sightedness	Sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart.
sharpness	A quick and penetrating intelligence. His health and mental sharpness declined.
shrewdness	The quality of having or showing good powers of judgement. He is a man of some tactical shrewdness.
smartness	A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore. The smartness of the pace soon exhausted him.
subtlety	The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze. The textural subtlety of Degas.
thoughtfulness	The trait of thinking carefully before acting. The question will be approached with thoughtfulness.
trenchancy	Keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect. She opines with characteristic trenchancy.

Usage Examples of "Acuity" as a noun

• Intellectual acuity.
• Visual acuity.

Associations of "Acuity" (30 Words)

acrid	Harsh or corrosive in tone. Acrid smoke.
acute	Denoting or designed for patients with an acute form of a disease. An acute housing shortage.
acutely	In a way that shows a perceptive understanding or insight. She pitied her sister acutely.
astute	Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage. An astute businessman.
awl	A pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes.
canine	A pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars of a mammal, often greatly enlarged in carnivores. Most primates use their canine teeth for fighting.
canny	Having or showing shrewdness and good judgement, especially in money or business matters. Canny investors will switch banks if they think they are getting a raw deal.
clipper	(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform. The Cutty Sark a tea clipper built in 1869.
discriminating	Showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste. He became a discriminating collector and patron of the arts.
fang	Hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison. The dog was bounding towards him its fangs bared.
hock	Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany hock is British usage.
incisive	(of an account) accurate and sharply focused. The most incisive move of a tight match.
insightful	Exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception-R.C.Angell. Thank you for all the insightful comments.
intelligence	People employed in the collection of military or political information. The gathering of intelligence.
keen	Having a sharp cutting edge or point. A keen wind cut through their thick overalls.
keenness	Thinness of edge or fineness of point. I admired the keenness of his mind.
penetrating	Able to make a way through or into something. Penetrating insight.
perceptive	Of or relating to perception. A perceptive eye.
piercing	A ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery worn in a pierced part of the body. Piercing knifelike pains.
pike	Used in names of predatory fish with large teeth other than the true pike e g garpike.
piquant	Having an agreeably pungent taste. A piquant face with large appealing eyes.
pungent	Capable of wounding. The pungent taste of radishes.
razor	Shave with a razor. The tapered cut is razored to give movement.
scalpel	A thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery.
scissors	A gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move. A dummy scissors from David Thomas deceived the opposition.
sharp	A long sharply pointed needle used for general sewing. A sharp drop.
shrewd	Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. A shrewd career move.
shrill	Utter a shrill cry. The shrill of a smoke detector filled the air.
sickle	An edge tool for cutting grass or crops; has a curved blade and a short handle.
whet	Sharpen by rubbing as on a whetstone. The selection of quotations may whet your curiosity to investigate the source material.