What are the opposite words for obtuse?
The word obtuse, when referring to a person, means someone who is slow to understand or lacking intelligence. Some antonyms for obtuse include clever, bright, astute, sharp, intelligent, and quick-witted. These words describe people who are sharp-minded, perceptive, and able to grasp concepts quickly. Additionally, the word obtuse can also describe an angle greater than 90 degrees. Some antonyms for obtuse in this context are acute, narrow, precise, and well-defined. These words describe angles that are small, sharp, and well-defined. In summary, antonyms for obtuse can vary depending on the context, but they generally describe qualities that are opposite to slowness or lack of understanding.
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enthusiastic
- keen.
- cunning
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acute
- needle-shaped,
- observant,
- smart,
- Acuminous,
- Piked,
- dis criminating,
- dis-criminating,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in tensest,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- more acuminous,
- more acute,
- more needle shaped,
- more needle-shaped,
- more needleshaped,
- more piked,
- more racking,
- more sharpened,
- most acuminous,
- most needle shaped,
- most needle-shaped,
- most needleshaped,
- most piked,
- most racking,
- most sharpened,
- most shooting,
- needle shaped,
- needleshaped,
- over powering,
- over whelming,
- over-powering,
- over-whelming,
- quick witted,
- quickwitted.
- astute
- devious
- fine
- perceptive
- savvy
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thoughtful
- philosophic,
- well thought out,
- Museful,
- Observative,
- co-operative,
- wellbred,
- lost in thought,
- pre-occupied,
- co operative,
- de liberate,
- de liberative,
- de-liberate,
- de-liberative,
- lost thought,
- more museful,
- more observative,
- more pondering,
- more reasoning,
- more reflecting,
- most museful,
- most observative,
- most pondering,
- most reasoning,
- most reflecting,
- pre occupied,
- un selfish,
- un-selfish,
- well bred,
- well thought-out,
- well thoughtout.
- wise
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keen
- razor-sharp,
- Unblunted,
- dying to,
- fond of,
- de voted,
- de-voted,
- in tent,
- more appetent,
- more edged,
- more einstein,
- more honed,
- more razor sharp,
- more razor-sharp,
- more razorsharp,
- more unblunted,
- most appetent,
- most edged,
- most einstein,
- most honed,
- most razor sharp,
- most razor-sharp,
- most razorsharp,
- most unblunted,
- nobody fool,
- nobody's fool,
- nobodys fool,
- razor sharp,
- razorsharp,
- un blunted,
- un-blunted,
- whizer,
- whizest.
- shrewd
- smart
- all
- deeply perceptive
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discriminating, exact
- fine.
- slow to understand
- clever, intelligent
- caring, mindful
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intelligent, reasonable
- wise.
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Other relevant words
- apt,
- compound,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- discerning,
- educated,
- erudite,
- foxy,
- ground,
- highbrow,
- informed,
- ingenious,
- jabbing,
- jagged,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- learned,
- literate,
- logical,
- needlelike,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- piercing,
- pointed,
- prickly,
- resourceful,
- sane,
- scholarly,
- schooled,
- scratching,
- sensible,
- skilled,
- sound,
- spiked,
- spikelike,
- spiky,
- spiny,
- stabbing,
- trained,
- valid,
- well-read,
- wily,
- Lacerating.
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
