most astute

ADJECTIVE

perceptive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adroit canny crafty discerning insightful intelligent keen shrewd

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

foolish idiotic inept naive stupid

WEAK

asinine ignorant imbecile obtuse shallow thick unintelligent

Example Sentences

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Former world number nine Andrea Petkovic, now regarded as one of the most astute current analysts, saw a "new freshness" when Swiatek played her first grass-court event at Bad Homburg.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025

The paradox was so far from the test writers’ awareness that four wasn’t offered as an option among the possible answers, so even the most astute students were forced to submit a wrong response.

From Scientific American • Jun. 20, 2023

“Westworld,” HBO’s divisive sci-fi drama, can confuse even the most astute viewer.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2022

Some of Mumford’s most astute writing concerned fossil fuels.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2022

Yet somehow Linus, unquestionably the world’s most astute chemist, had come to the opposite conclusion.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson