What is another word for acuity?
1188 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɐkjˈuːɪti], [ ɐkjˈuːɪti], [ ɐ_k_j_ˈuː_ɪ_t_i]
Acuity refers to the ability to perceive or understand something keenly, especially in terms of visual or mental acumen. Some synonyms for acuity include sharpness, clarity, keenness, sensitivity, insightfulness, awareness, and astuteness. These words all describe a high degree of perception, focus, and understanding. Other possible synonyms for acuity might include acuteness, perceptiveness, discernment, shrewdness, and sagacity. All of these words describe a quality of mind or perception that enables a person to understand or interpret their surroundings accurately and efficiently. In short, any synonym for acuity is likely to connote a high level of intelligence, perception and acumen.
Synonyms for Acuity:
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n.
• acumen • cognition • depth • intelligence- IQS ,
- aptitude ,
- brainpower ,
- coruscation ,
- gray matter ,
- iq ,
- luminosity ,
- mind ,
- precocity ,
- quotient ,
- skill ,
- subtlety ,
- the right stuff ,
- what it takes .
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Other relevant words:
- 20/20 ,
- abrasive ,
- abstruseness ,
- abstrusity ,
- abut ,
- academician ,
- acclivity ,
- accomplishment ,
- ace ,
- acerb ,
- acerbic ,
- ache ,
- acid ,
- acquirement ,
- acquisition ,
- acridness ,
- acrimony ,
- actual ,
- acuate ,
- acute ,
- adept ,
- adjoin ,
- admonish ,
- advance ,
- aggressively ,
- agreement ,
- aid ,
- airiness ,
- alacrity ,
- alerting ,
- allege ,
- appearance ,
- appliance ,
- application ,
- apposite ,
- appositeness ,
- appreciation ,
- apprehend ,
- apprehension ,
- ardent ,
- argue ,
- arouse ,
- articulate ,
- ascent ,
- ascertain ,
- ask for ,
- assessment ,
- astutely ,
- attainment ,
- attending ,
- attractively ,
- avariciousness ,
- avaritia ,
- aver ,
- awful ,
- backbone ,
- badly ,
- barbarous ,
- batch ,
- bear in mind ,
- bear witness ,
- beastly ,
- befool ,
- beholder ,
- bell ringer ,
- bent ,
- bestial ,
- betoken ,
- beware ,
- bit ,
- bitter ,
- bitterness ,
- blaze ,
- blazing ,
- blinding ,
- blistering ,
- boil down ,
- boisterous ,
- border ,
- bound ,
- boundary ,
- bowelless ,
- brainiac ,
- brainish ,
- brainstorm ,
- brainwave ,
- brand ,
- brightly ,
- brightness level ,
- brilliantly ,
- bring up ,
- briskness ,
- brusk ,
- brusque ,
- brute ,
- brutish ,
- bull's eye ,
- bullock ,
- burn ,
- burnished ,
- butt ,
- butt against ,
- butt on ,
- cagey ,
- cagy ,
- calculating ,
- calculative ,
- call down ,
- call for ,
- call forth ,
- canny ,
- capableness ,
- capacitance ,
- capital of rhode island ,
- capitulum ,
- caput ,
- card ,
- care ,
- carefulness ,
- catch ,
- cause ,
- caustic ,
- cautiousness ,
- caveat ,
- celerity ,
- center ,
- centralise ,
- centralize ,
- centre ,
- cerebration ,
- ceremonial ,
- ceremonial occasion ,
- ceremony ,
- champion ,
- change ,
- channelise ,
- channelize ,
- check ,
- check off ,
- chic ,
- chicane ,
- chicanery ,
- chichi ,
- chicness ,
- chief ,
- chomp ,
- chump ,
- civilisation ,
- civilization ,
- clasp ,
- clear ,
- clear-eyed ,
- clearness ,
- clench ,
- climb ,
- clutch ,
- clutches ,
- coarse ,
- coarse-grained ,
- cognisance ,
- cognizance ,
- collation ,
- command ,
- commemorate ,
- compass ,
- competency ,
- compound ,
- comprehend ,
- conclude ,
- condense ,
- conditioned ,
- confidential information ,
- conjure ,
- conjure up ,
- conniving ,
- consciousness ,
- consumption ,
- content ,
- contract ,
- contraption ,
- control ,
- convenience ,
- cook ,
- covetousness ,
- craftiness ,
- craftsmanship ,
- crafty ,
- creative thinker ,
- crisp ,
- crisply ,
- crisscross ,
- cross ,
- cross off ,
- cross out ,
- cruddy ,
- cruel ,
- crusty ,
- crying ,
- cultivation ,
- culture ,
- cupidity ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- cutely ,
- cutthroat ,
- cutting ,
- daintiness ,
- dainty ,
- dash ,
- dazzling ,
- dead ,
- deal ,
- deceitfulness ,
- decoct ,
- demo ,
- demonstrate ,
- denounce ,
- depict ,
- deplorable ,
- designate ,
- determine ,
- deutsche mark ,
- deutschmark ,
- devisal ,
- differentiate ,
- dig ,
- digest ,
- diplomacy ,
- direct ,
- disconnected ,
- discreetness ,
- discreteness ,
- discretion ,
- discriminating ,
- disingenuous ,
- disingenuously ,
- display ,
- disposed ,
- dissipate ,
- distinguish ,
- distressful ,
- disturbing ,
- dodge ,
- dodgy ,
- domination ,
- dressed ore ,
- drumhead ,
- dryly ,
- dupe ,
- egregious ,
- einstein ,
- elaboration ,
- elan ,
- electrical capacity ,
- elevate ,
- elicit ,
- elusive ,
- emphatic ,
- empower ,
- encephalon ,
- endow ,
- endowment ,
- endue ,
- enjoin ,
- enkindle ,
- enounce ,
- enterprise ,
- enterprisingness ,
- enunciate ,
- erect ,
- erudite ,
- escalate ,
- establish ,
- esthesia ,
- evidence ,
- evince ,
- evoke ,
- exhibit ,
- existent ,
- expertness ,
- express ,
- faculty member ,
- fall guy ,
- farinaceous ,
- farm ,
- fashion ,
- fast ,
- favoritism ,
- favouritism ,
- feel ,
- fell ,
- fervent ,
- fervid ,
- filthy ,
- find out ,
- fine ,
- fineness ,
- finesse ,
- finish ,
- fire ,
- firm ,
- first ,
- first step ,
- fix ,
- flagrant ,
- flaming ,
- flare ,
- flock ,
- flying ,
- focus ,
- follow ,
- fool around ,
- fool away ,
- foolhardy ,
- forefront ,
- foreland ,
- foresightfulness ,
- forethought ,
- forwardness ,
- foul ,
- fountainhead ,
- foxily ,
- foxiness ,
- foxy ,
- fragility ,
- fresh ,
- fritter ,
- fritter away ,
- frivol away ,
- fulgent ,
- fundamental ,
- furious ,
- gadget ,
- game ,
- gamey ,
- gaminess ,
- gamy ,
- gear up ,
- gently ,
- genuine ,
- get ,
- get the picture ,
- get up ,
- ginger ,
- gismo ,
- give ,
- given ,
- giving ,
- gizmo ,
- glare ,
- glary ,
- glitter ,
- glorious ,
- go through ,
- go-ahead ,
- good deal ,
- good sense ,
- goody ,
- gospel according to mark ,
- grade ,
- grainy ,
- grandeur ,
- grandness ,
- granular ,
- granulose ,
- grating ,
- gravely ,
- gray substance ,
- great deal ,
- greed ,
- grey substance ,
- grimness ,
- grip ,
- grit ,
- gross ,
- ground ,
- grounds ,
- grow ,
- guide ,
- guileful ,
- gull ,
- guts ,
- hang ,
- hard ,
- hardship ,
- hatful ,
- have ,
- head teacher ,
- head up ,
- head word ,
- header ,
- heading ,
- headland ,
- headlong ,
- headspring ,
- headway ,
- healthy ,
- heap ,
- heave ,
- heaviness ,
- heavy ,
- heed ,
- highbrowed ,
- hike ,
- hint ,
- hoarse ,
- hold ,
- hold on ,
- home run ,
- honoring ,
- hope ,
- hopeful ,
- horse around ,
- hotheaded ,
- hotshot ,
- humor ,
- humour ,
- hunch ,
- hurt ,
- husky ,
- hypermetropia ,
- hypermetropy ,
- hyperopia ,
- idea ,
- igneous ,
- ill-humored ,
- ill-humoured ,
- imagery ,
- imaginativeness ,
- imaging ,
- immediate ,
- impassioned ,
- impertinent ,
- impregnable ,
- impudent ,
- impulsive ,
- in earnest ,
- inaugural ,
- inch ,
- incisive ,
- inclusion ,
- incursion ,
- indue ,
- industriousness ,
- industry ,
- ingeniousness ,
- ingestion ,
- initiatory ,
- insect bite ,
- insidious ,
- insightfulness ,
- installation ,
- intake ,
- intellection ,
- intelligence activity ,
- intelligence agency ,
- intelligence information ,
- intelligence operation ,
- intelligence quotient ,
- intelligence service ,
- intoxicating ,
- inventive ,
- inventiveness ,
- invest ,
- inviolable ,
- invoke ,
- jaundice ,
- jester ,
- judging ,
- judicial decision ,
- judicious ,
- judiciousness ,
- keen ,
- keep an eye on ,
- ken ,
- kick upstairs ,
- kickshaw ,
- kindle ,
- knavish ,
- knavishly ,
- knifelike ,
- know ,
- knowing ,
- knowingness ,
- knowledgeable ,
- label ,
- laconic ,
- laconically ,
- lamentable ,
- lancinate ,
- lancinating ,
- lash-up ,
- last word ,
- lead ,
- learn ,
- learning ability ,
- leaven ,
- legal opinion ,
- legerity ,
- lettered ,
- level-headed ,
- levelheaded ,
- levy ,
- liable ,
- lift ,
- light ,
- lightly ,
- lightness ,
- lightsomeness ,
- limpidity ,
- listen ,
- literal ,
- literate person ,
- live ,
- look on ,
- look out ,
- lookout man ,
- lookout station ,
- lot ,
- lucidity ,
- luminance ,
- luminousness ,
- lustrous ,
- madcap ,
- magnificence ,
- magnificent ,
- maiden ,
- make ,
- maneuver ,
- manoeuver ,
- manoeuvre ,
- manual dexterity ,
- march ,
- mark off ,
- marker ,
- marking ,
- mass ,
- mastermind ,
- material ,
- maven ,
- mavin ,
- mealy ,
- mental ability ,
- mental capacity ,
- mental dexterity ,
- mental imagery ,
- mental quickness ,
- mentation ,
- mess ,
- mettlesome ,
- mickle ,
- mind-set ,
- minded ,
- mindset ,
- mint ,
- mode ,
- modishness ,
- monish ,
- morsel ,
- mother wit ,
- motley fool ,
- mountain ,
- moxie ,
- muckle ,
- mug ,
- muggins ,
- natural endowment ,
- needlelike ,
- news ,
- niceness ,
- nicety ,
- nock ,
- noetic ,
- note ,
- notice ,
- nuance ,
- nurture ,
- observation post ,
- observation tower ,
- observatory ,
- observe ,
- observer ,
- opening ,
- opening move ,
- opinion ,
- oral sex ,
- order ,
- otherness ,
- outlook ,
- overbold ,
- overhasty ,
- painfully ,
- panache ,
- parent ,
- pass ,
- passel ,
- pathos ,
- patsy ,
- paying attention ,
- pebbly ,
- peck ,
- pedantic ,
- pellucidity ,
- perceiver ,
- percept ,
- perceptual experience ,
- perfect ,
- perfervid ,
- pernicious ,
- personal manner ,
- persuasion ,
- pertinent ,
- perturbing ,
- piano ,
- picket ,
- picture ,
- pile ,
- pit ,
- pitiful ,
- plainness ,
- plenty ,
- pock ,
- poignance ,
- point ,
- polish ,
- pore ,
- pot ,
- potent ,
- potentiality ,
- power ,
- precaution ,
- precious ,
- precipitant ,
- precipitate ,
- precipitously ,
- precociousness ,
- predisposition ,
- preparation ,
- prepare ,
- preparedness ,
- presbyopia ,
- present ,
- prevision ,
- prick ,
- principal ,
- produce ,
- promising ,
- promontory ,
- promote ,
- prompt ,
- promptly ,
- pronounce ,
- pronto ,
- propensity ,
- prospicience ,
- prove ,
- provoke ,
- prudence ,
- psyche ,
- punctuate ,
- pungent ,
- purification ,
- put forward ,
- put on ,
- put one across ,
- put one over ,
- put up ,
- quest ,
- question ,
- quicken ,
- quickly ,
- quietly ,
- quite a little ,
- raft ,
- raging ,
- range ,
- rank ,
- rapacity ,
- rapidity ,
- rash ,
- rasping ,
- raspy ,
- rational ,
- rationalness ,
- rattling ,
- reach ,
- read ,
- read/write head ,
- real number ,
- really ,
- rear ,
- reason out ,
- reasonableness ,
- reasoning ,
- receive ,
- recherche ,
- reckless ,
- reconditeness ,
- record ,
- recruit ,
- red-hot ,
- reduce ,
- refining ,
- reflection ,
- reflexion ,
- regard ,
- register ,
- render ,
- request ,
- resurrect ,
- ribaldry ,
- rigor ,
- rigorousness ,
- rigour ,
- rigourousness ,
- rise ,
- rivet ,
- rough ,
- roughshod ,
- sad ,
- sagaciously ,
- saint mark ,
- salary increase ,
- sand ,
- sap ,
- saphead ,
- sapience ,
- sapient ,
- sapiently ,
- sassy ,
- saucy ,
- savage ,
- savagely ,
- scar ,
- scheming ,
- school principal ,
- science ,
- score ,
- scout ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- scratchy ,
- secernment ,
- secure ,
- see ,
- seize with teeth ,
- sensation ,
- sensing ,
- sensory faculty ,
- sentience ,
- sentiency ,
- sentiment ,
- sentinel ,
- sentry ,
- separateness ,
- seriously ,
- set ,
- set up ,
- severalty ,
- severeness ,
- severity ,
- shade ,
- sharp-worded ,
- sharpen ,
- shenanigan ,
- shew ,
- shingly ,
- shining ,
- shiny ,
- shoot ,
- short ,
- show up ,
- shrewdly ,
- shrill ,
- sign ,
- signal ,
- signified ,
- sixth sense ,
- slang ,
- sleight ,
- slew ,
- slick ,
- slightness ,
- sly ,
- slyly ,
- slyness ,
- smart as a whip ,
- smarting ,
- smartly ,
- smell ,
- smell out ,
- smutty ,
- snack ,
- soft touch ,
- solid ,
- sorry ,
- sound ,
- sound judgment ,
- sound out ,
- soundness ,
- sparkle ,
- spate ,
- speedy ,
- spiciness ,
- spicy ,
- spirited ,
- splendid ,
- splendor ,
- splendour ,
- spotter ,
- spry ,
- spunky ,
- spy ,
- stabbing ,
- stack ,
- stain ,
- star ,
- state ,
- step up ,
- sternly ,
- stiff ,
- stigma ,
- stigmatise ,
- stigmatize ,
- sting ,
- stir ,
- straightaway ,
- straits ,
- stratagem ,
- strike off ,
- strike out ,
- style ,
- stylishness ,
- subordination ,
- substantial ,
- sucker ,
- suddenly ,
- sulfurous ,
- sulphurous ,
- superb ,
- superstar ,
- suppose ,
- supremacy ,
- survey ,
- suspicion ,
- swank ,
- sympathy ,
- tag ,
- take care ,
- take in ,
- talented ,
- tangible ,
- target ,
- tart ,
- tartness ,
- taste ,
- tearaway ,
- tearing ,
- tell ,
- tending ,
- terse ,
- testify ,
- thinker ,
- thirstily ,
- thought process ,
- tick ,
- tick off ,
- ticker ,
- tidings ,
- tidy sum ,
- tight ,
- tip ,
- tomfool ,
- top dog ,
- torrid ,
- trade ,
- treat ,
- trickery ,
- tricksy ,
- tricky ,
- trigger-happy ,
- troubling ,
- trust ,
- unassailable ,
- unattackable ,
- uncloudedness ,
- undimmed ,
- unfathomed ,
- unplumbed ,
- unrelenting ,
- unsounded ,
- upgrade ,
- upraise ,
- usher ,
- validity ,
- vehement ,
- veridical ,
- very ,
- vicious ,
- viciously ,
- view ,
- violent ,
- virtuoso ,
- virulent ,
- visual sensation ,
- vitriolic ,
- vivid ,
- voguish ,
- wad ,
- wag ,
- wage hike ,
- wage increase ,
- wakeless ,
- want ,
- warm ,
- watch out ,
- watch over ,
- watching ,
- way ,
- weather eye ,
- weight ,
- well-educated ,
- well-informed ,
- well-read ,
- whiz ,
- whizz ,
- widget ,
- wile ,
- wiliness ,
- wily ,
- wind ,
- wise ,
- wiseness ,
- witticism ,
- wittiness ,
- wiz ,
- wizard ,
- wizardry ,
- word ,
- workmanship ,
- worrisome ,
- worrying ,
- zeal .
- Acumination ,
- Discerningly ,
- Discriminately ,
- Giftedness ,
- I.Q. ,
- Percipience ,
- Prickliness ,
- Spinosity ,
- abrupt ,
- abruptly ,
- acerbity ,
- acrid ,
- acridity ,
- acutely ,
- acuteness ,
- agility ,
- alertness ,
- apperception ,
- aptness ,
- ardently ,
- artfully ,
- asperity ,
- astuteness ,
- attention ,
- attentiveness ,
- avarice ,
- avidity ,
- avidness ,
- awareness ,
- beautifully ,
- bespeak ,
- bite ,
- brain ,
- braininess ,
- brightness ,
- brutal ,
- brutally ,
- capacity ,
- cleverness ,
- cogency ,
- comprehension ,
- concentrate ,
- contrivance ,
- craftily ,
- critically ,
- cruelly ,
- cunningly ,
- curt ,
- cuttingly ,
- deepen ,
- delicacy ,
- delicately ,
- depth ,
- desire ,
- discernment ,
- discriminatingly ,
- distinctness ,
- distressing ,
- distressingly ,
- drily ,
- eagerly ,
- eagerness ,
- earnestly ,
- edge ,
- enhance ,
- esprit ,
- exquisite ,
- exquisitely ,
- farsightedness ,
- feral ,
- ferocious ,
- fierce ,
- fiery ,
- finely ,
- forceful ,
- foresight ,
- foresightedness ,
- gift ,
- gifts ,
- gingery ,
- glaring ,
- gravelly ,
- gritty ,
- gruff ,
- harsh ,
- hasty ,
- heady ,
- heighten ,
- hone ,
- hot ,
- imagination ,
- impetuous ,
- incisiveness ,
- indicate ,
- ingeniously ,
- ingenuity ,
- insight ,
- intense ,
- intensify ,
- judgement ,
- keenly ,
- longsightedness ,
- mentality ,
- mucronation ,
- nasty ,
- nicely ,
- nimbleness ,
- nous ,
- observation ,
- penetrating ,
- penetration ,
- perception ,
- perceptiveness ,
- perceptivity ,
- perspicaciousness ,
- perspicacity ,
- perspicuity ,
- perspicuousness ,
- piercing ,
- poignancy ,
- pointedness ,
- precipitous ,
- profundity ,
- promptitude ,
- promptness ,
- providence ,
- punctuality ,
- pungency ,
- quick wit ,
- quick-wittedness ,
- quickness ,
- raciness ,
- raise ,
- rationality ,
- readily ,
- readiness ,
- ready wit ,
- repoint ,
- sagaciousness ,
- sagacity ,
- savvy ,
- sense ,
- sensibility ,
- sensitiveness ,
- sensitivity ,
- severely ,
- sharp ,
- sharp-sightedness ,
- sharply ,
- sharpness ,
- show ,
- shrewd ,
- sleeplessness ,
- smartness ,
- smarts ,
- softly ,
- steer ,
- thinking ,
- thorniness ,
- thought ,
- trenchancy ,
- trenchantly ,
- trickily ,
- understanding ,
- vision ,
- visual acuity ,
- wakefulness ,
- whet ,
- wit ,
- zealously .
How to use "Acuity" in context?
Acuity is an important attribute to be considered when selecting and evaluating optical equipment. Acuity is the ability to discriminate small details. This ability is critical for optical telecommunications, medical imaging, industrial inspection, and other applications where small details are important.
There are several factors that can affect acuity. These include the size of the objects being viewed, the magnification of the object, and the type of illumination being used. In general, the higher the acuity, the better the optical system will be able to resolve the smaller details.
One of the most common methods of measuring acuity is the Snellen test.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
acuteness.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
sensitivity.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
seriousness, severity, urgency.
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Hyponym for Acuity:
n.
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cognition
visual sense, visual modality, vision, sight.
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