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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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In particular, Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins has emerged as one of the judiciary’s most astute and merciless critics of the Roberts court.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2025

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

“Landon Donovan has the most astute emotional intelligence I’ve even see. He’s going to connect with people and players.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2024

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

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

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson