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synonyms for astute

  • adroit
  • canny
  • crafty
  • discerning
  • insightful
  • intelligent
  • keen
  • shrewd
  • brainy
  • bright
  • calculating
  • clever
  • foxy
  • knowing
  • not born yesterday
  • on the ball
  • perspicacious
  • quick on the uptake
  • sagacious
  • savvy
  • sharp
  • sharp as a tack
  • sly
See also synonyms for: astutely / astuteness
On this page you'll find 121 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to astute, such as: adroit, canny, crafty, discerning, insightful, and intelligent.

antonyms for astute

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  • foolish
  • idiotic
  • inept
  • naive
  • stupid
  • asinine
  • ignorant
  • imbecile
  • obtuse
  • shallow
  • thick
  • unintelligent
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How to use astute in a sentence

Mujahid has been astute about optics as well — a TV interview with a Taliban official was anchored by a woman journalist.
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Kjartansson is an astute artist, and his collaborators include some of Iceland’s most talented and creative composers and musicians.
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They played the fool in the tragedy, although Shakespeare’s fools tended to be more astute.
NIXON KNEW BETTER, BUT HE COULDN’T SAVE HIMSELFJOE KLEINMAY 28, 2021WASHINGTON POST
My colleague Laura Bradley mentioned an astute observation to me.
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Hardened into received wisdom, this presumption is now repeated even by astute contemporary observers.
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I thought it was odd but one of our group is a retired school principal and very astute.
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The Wire is the classic example, weaving dozens of vividly wrought characters into an intricate, socially astute epic of systemic rot in Baltimore.
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Among them is Klara, a particularly astute robot who loves the sun and wants to learn as much as possible about humans and the world they live in.
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Finding creative and astute ways to build those relationships is key.
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The astute judge had no witnesses, so he both fooled his wife and pleased himself, for his will was worthless.
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WORDS RELATED TO ASTUTE

  • artful
  • astute
  • calculating
  • conniving
  • contriving
  • crafty
  • cunning
  • deceitful
  • devious
  • expedient
  • opportunist
  • plotting
  • shrewd
  • sly
  • underhanded
  • unscrupulous
  • wily
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