ACUTE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a mark (”) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
   Synonym(s)
   • acute accent (what does acute accent mean?)
   • ague (what does ague mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) acute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accent mark (what does accent mark mean?)

ACUTE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
   Usage Example(s)
   • acute appendicitis
   • the acute phase of the illness
   • acute patients
   Antonym(s)
   • chronic (what does chronic mean?)
   Similar To
   • subacute (what does subacute mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of critical importance and consequence
   Usage Example(s)
   • an acute (or critical) lack of research funds
   Similar To
   • critical (what does critical mean?)
3. Meaning
   • extremely sharp or intense
   Synonym(s)
   • intense (what does intense mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • acute pain
   • felt acute annoyance
   • intense itching and burning
   Similar To
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
4. Meaning
   • having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
   Synonym(s)
   • discriminating (what does discriminating mean?)
   • incisive (what does incisive mean?)
   • keen (what does keen mean?)
   • knifelike (what does knifelike mean?)
   • penetrating (what does penetrating mean?)
   • penetrative (what does penetrative mean?)
   • piercing (what does piercing mean?)
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an acute observer of politics and politicians
   • incisive comments
   • icy knifelike reasoning
   • as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
   • penetrating insight
   • frequent pene
   Similar To
   • perceptive (what does perceptive mean?)
5. Meaning
   • ending in a sharp point
   Synonym(s)
   • acuate (what does acuate mean?)
   • needlelike (what does needlelike mean?)
   • sharp (what does sharp mean?)
   Similar To
   • pointed (what does pointed mean?)
6. Meaning
   • of an angle
   • less than 90 degrees
   Antonym(s)
   • obtuse (what does obtuse mean?)