CRITICAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
   Usage Example(s)
   • a critical attitude
   Antonym(s)
   • uncritical (what does uncritical mean?)
   Similar To
   • captious (what does captious mean?)
   • faultfinding (what does faultfinding mean?)
   • caviling (what does caviling mean?)
   • carping (what does carping mean?)
   • nitpicking (what does nitpicking mean?)
   • pettifogging (what does pettifogging mean?)
   • quibbling (what does quibbling mean?)
   • censorious (what does censorious mean?)
   • deprecative (what does deprecative mean?)
   • hypercritical (what does hypercritical mean?)
   • overcritical (what does overcritical mean?)
   • scathing (what does scathing mean?)
   • blistering (what does blistering mean?)
   • scalding (what does scalding mean?)
   • vituperative (what does vituperative mean?)
   See Also
   • sarcastic (what does sarcastic mean?)
   • unfavorable (what does unfavorable mean?)
   • unfavourable (what does unfavourable mean?)
2. Meaning
   • characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
   Usage Example(s)
   • a critical reading
   • a critical dissertation
   • a critical analysis of Melville’’s writings
   Antonym(s)
   • uncritical (what does uncritical mean?)
   • noncritical (what does noncritical mean?)
   Similar To
   • appraising(a) (what does appraising(a) mean?)
   • evaluative (what does evaluative mean?)
   • discriminative (what does discriminative mean?)
   • judicial (what does judicial mean?)
   See Also
   • discerning (what does discerning mean?)
   • scholarly (what does scholarly mean?)
3. Meaning
   • being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
   Usage Example(s)
   • a critical shortage of food
   • a critical illness
   • an illness at the critical stage
   Antonym(s)
   • noncritical (what does noncritical mean?)
   • noncrucial (what does noncrucial mean?)
   Similar To
   • acute (what does acute mean?)
   • dangerous (what does dangerous mean?)
   • grave (what does grave mean?)
   • grievous (what does grievous mean?)
   • serious (what does serious mean?)
   • severe (what does severe mean?)
   • life-threatening (what does life-threatening mean?)
   • desperate (what does desperate mean?)
   • dire (what does dire mean?)
   See Also
   • crucial (what does crucial mean?)
   • important (what does important mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • crisis (what does crisis mean?)
4. Meaning
   • at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
   Usage Example(s)
   • a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C–its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure
   • critical mass
   Antonym(s)
   • noncritical (what does noncritical mean?)
   Similar To
   • supercritical (what does supercritical mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • criticality (what does criticality mean?)
5. Meaning
   • forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
   Synonym(s)
   • decisive (what does decisive mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a critical point in the campaign
   • the critical test
   Similar To
   • crucial (what does crucial mean?)
   • important (what does important mean?)
6. Meaning
   • urgently needed
   • absolutely necessary
   Synonym(s)
   • vital (what does vital mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a critical element of the plan
   • critical medical supplies
   • vital for a healthy society
   • of vital interest
   Similar To
   • indispensable (what does indispensable mean?)
7. Meaning
   • of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
   Usage Example(s)
   • critical acclaim
   Pertainym(s)
   • criticism (what does criticism mean?)
   • critique (what does critique mean?)