Definition for Astute:

• Shrewd; penetrating; cunning; sagacious.

Synonyms for Astute:

• adj.

  •aware (adjective)
  • conscious,
  • aware,
  • feeling,
  • familiar with,
  • cognizant,
  • sentient,
  • sensitive,
  • responsive,
  • mindful,
  • attentive,
  • Apprised,
  • appreciative,
  • sensory,
  • observant.
  •bright (adjective)
  • Clear-headed.
  •critical (adjective)
  • discriminating.
  •cunning (adjective)
  • scheming,
  • devious,
  • ingenious,
  • slick,
  • quick,
  • serpentine,
  • foxy,
  • masterly,
  • artful,
  • deft,
  • wary,
  • smooth,
  • witty,
  • slippery,
  • skillful,
  • masterful,
  • snaky,
  • calculating,
  • feline.
  •discriminating (adjective)
  • discerning.
  •intelligent (adjective)
  • erudite,
  • bright,
  • gifted,
  • sophisticated,
  • encyclopedic,
  • keen,
  • worldly,
  • capable,
  • profound,
  • penetrating,
  • brainy,
  • knowledgeable,
  • intellectual,
  • Comprehending,
  • well-informed,
  • cogent,
  • genius.
  •intuitive (adjective)
  • instinctual,
  • far-sighted,
  • instinctive,
  • intuitive.
  •perceptive (adjective)
  • adroit.
  •witty (adjective)
  • inventive,
  • droll,
  • joking,
  • waggish,
  • funny,
  • sparkling,
  • scintillating,
  • dry,
  • resourceful,
  • urbane,
  • comical,
  • pointed,
  • pithy,
  • scurrilous,
  • sarcastic,
  • facetious,
  • jocular.

• n.

  •
  • able.
  •
  • careful.
  •astute (noun)
  • smart.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cagey.
  •Other relevant words:
  • entertain,
  • promptly,
  • awake,
  • tactful,
  • acerbic,
  • confabulate,
  • receptive,
  • shifty,
  • Plotting,
  • hairline,
  • slyly,
  • severely,
  • foreseeing,
  • astringent,
  • responsible,
  • keenly,
  • manipulative,
  • circumspect,
  • conspiracy,
  • perspicaciously,
  • sword,
  • evasive,
  • far-seeing,
  • practical,
  • sharpen,
  • good,
  • intelligently,
  • intense,
  • contrivance,
  • cite,
  • knave,
  • crooked,
  • sagaciously,
  • economy,
  • farsighted,
  • discreet,
  • advise,
  • rational,
  • farseeing,
  • stealthy,
  • skilful,
  • profoundly,
  • tricksy,
  • common sense,
  • prudence,
  • rascal,
  • appercipient,
  • downy,
  • trenchant,
  • reliable,
  • incisive,
  • well-advised,
  • refer,
  • precocious,
  • sharply,
  • politic,
  • wisely,
  • piercing,
  • commonsensical,
  • cabal,
  • clear-eyed,
  • quickly,
  • facile,
  • longsighted,
  • eavesdrop,
  • shrewdness,
  • imaginative,
  • intriguing,
  • intrigue,
  • alive to,
  • ingeniously,
  • far end,
  • up to snuff,
  • alive,
  • hidden,
  • prescient,
  • abrupt,
  • balanced,
  • consult,
  • well-read,
  • understanding,
  • tactical,
  • right-minded,
  • satiny,
  • scheme,
  • wholesome,
  • listen,
  • Keen-witted,
  • perceptively,
  • adroitness,
  • pawky,
  • provident,
  • plot,
  • artifice,
  • hear,
  • supple,
  • Longheaded,
  • thinking,
  • understandingly,
  • machiavellian,
  • strategic,
  • get,
  • enlightened,
  • Trickish,
  • vulpine,
  • adept,
  • ruse,
  • cunningly,
  • expeditiously,
  • not difficult,
  • finishing line,
  • cute,
  • sober,
  • rapidly,
  • speedily,
  • undimmed,
  • underhand,
  • Discerningly,
  • au fait,
  • Subdolous,
  • deep-laid,
  • scholarly,
  • calculative,
  • allow,
  • cannily,
  • Foxlike,
  • sound,
  • discriminative,
  • acumen,
  • attend,
  • astutely,
  • insightfully,
  • worry,
  • calculated,
  • foresighted,
  • considered,
  • qualified,
  • valid,
  • on the ball,
  • Sharp-witted,
  • harsh,
  • agile,
  • deceit,
  • subtlety,
  • expert,
  • artificial,
  • informed,
  • sneaky,
  • smartly,
  • frugality,
  • plan,
  • wise man,
  • foresight,
  • cagy,
  • guileful,
  • craftily,
  • cleverly,
  • timeserving,
  • fulgurating,
  • knifelike,
  • eagle-eyed,
  • incisively,
  • hardheaded,
  • Daedalian,
  • rogue,
  • sophistical,
  • stratagem,
  • knowledgable,
  • Subtile,
  • analytical,
  • logical,
  • sane,
  • learn,
  • learned,
  • imp,
  • observational,
  • alert,
  • precipitous,
  • arch,
  • dexterous,
  • rapier,
  • wide-awake,
  • artfully,
  • heady,
  • disingenuous,
  • behind ones back,
  • mention,
  • judiciously,
  • observe,
  • Argute,
  • advert,
  • negotiate,
  • forethoughtful,
  • well-balanced,
  • normal,
  • deeply,
  • refinement,
  • reasonable,
  • caution,
  • street smart,
  • discriminatingly,
  • apperceptive,
  • leery,
  • crisp,
  • acutely,
  • acuate,
  • sharp-worded,
  • consider,
  • needlelike,
  • Contriving,
  • reasoning,
  • lucid,
  • hearken,
  • hearing,
  • readily,
  • inquire,
  • shrewdly,
  • dexterity,
  • shrill,
  • useful,
  • listening,
  • end,
  • not born yesterday,
  • perspicuous,
  • underhanded,
  • sapient,
  • discretion,
  • swiftly,
  • long-headed,
  • conniving,
  • slim.

Paraphrases for Astute:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    shrewd, clever, smarter.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    skilful, sensible, far-sighted, subtle, sophisticated, incisive, acute, skillful, sharp, sensitive, thoughtful, adroit, witty, keen, cute, savvy.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    intelligent, perceptive, insightful, smart, cunning, ingenious, discerning, wise, judicious, prudent, crafty.

Antonyms for Astute:

• adj.

  • perceptive
    obtuse, unintelligent, thick, inept, asinine, stupid.
  • Other antonyms:
    gullible, idiotic, feebleminded, blind, ingenuous, half-witted, brain dead, guileless, unknowing, foolish, silly, shallow, stolid, imbecile, artless, ignorant, innocent, thoughtless, moronic, undiscerning, uninformed, exploitable, naive.

Homophones for Astute:

• acid dye, assiduity, aught, 15 August 1945, acth, acid head, act out, azido, aged, actuate, acquitted, acuate, Asadha, august 1, acute, accede, accused, ague weed, ax head, agueweed, acheta, acedia, actuated, associate, as yet, axe head, access code, acaudate, acetate, augusta, acid, aikido, Agua Toad, august 6, agitate, august 15, actaea, associated, Azo Dye, azide, acquit, axseed, act, aside, acadia, agate, ascot, azote, asat, accost, aghast, asset, agouti, agitated, august, ask out, assist, aesthete, azt, aguacate, assisted, acuity, augite, acidity.