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acute
Overview of noun acute
The noun acute has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. acute accent, acute, ague -- (a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation)
Overview of adj acute
The adj acute has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) acute -- (having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the illness"; "acute patients")
2. (2) acute, intense -- (extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute annoyance"; "intense itching and burning")
3. (1) acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp -- (having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "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 penetrative observations")
4. acute -- (of an angle; less than 90 degrees)
5. acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike -- (ending in a sharp point)
6. acute -- (of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or critical) lack of research funds")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acute
1 sense of acute
Sense 1
acute accent, acute, ague
=> accent, accent mark
=> diacritical mark, diacritic
=> mark
=> written symbol, printed symbol
=> symbol
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun acute
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun acute
1 sense of acute
Sense 1
acute accent, acute, ague
=> accent, accent mark
Antonyms of noun acute
Member Holonyms of noun acute
Substance Holonyms of noun acute
Part Holonyms of noun acute
Member Meronyms of noun acute
Substance Meronyms of noun acute
Part Meronyms of noun acute
Meronyms of noun acute
Holonyms of noun acute
Attributes of noun acute
Derived Forms of noun acute
Domain of noun acute
Domain Terms of noun acute
Familiarity of noun acute
acute used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun acute
1 sense of acute
Sense 1
acute accent, acute, ague
> accent, accent mark
=> stress mark
=> acute accent, acute, ague
=> grave accent, grave
Meronyms of noun acute
1 sense of acute
Holonyms of noun acute
Grep of noun acute
acute
acute-angled triangle
acute accent
acute angle
acute anterior poliomyelitis
acute brain disorder
acute gastritis
acute glaucoma
acute glossitis
acute hemorrhagic encephalitis
acute inclusion body encephalitis
acute kidney failure
acute leukemia
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
acute lymphocytic leukemia
acute myelocytic leukemia
acute myeloid leukemia
acute organic brain syndrome
acute pyelonephritis
acute renal failure
acute schizophrenic episode
acute triangle
acuteness
severe acute respiratory syndrome
Antonyms of adj acute
6 senses of acute
Sense 1
acute (vs. chronic)
chronic (vs. acute)
=> degenerative
=> prolonged
Sense 2
acute, intense
INDIRECT (VIA sharp) -> dull
Sense 3
acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
INDIRECT (VIA perceptive) -> unperceptive, unperceiving
Sense 4
acute (vs. obtuse)
obtuse (vs. acute)
Sense 5
acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike
INDIRECT (VIA pointed) -> pointless, unpointed
Sense 6
acute
INDIRECT (VIA critical) -> noncritical, noncrucial
Similarity of adj acute
6 senses of acute
Sense 1
acute (vs. chronic)
=> subacute
Sense 2
acute, intense
=> sharp (vs. dull)
Sense 3
acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
=> perceptive (vs. unperceptive)
Sense 4
acute (vs. obtuse)
Sense 5
acuate, acute, sharp, needlelike
=> pointed (vs. pointless)
Sense 6
acute
=> critical (vs. noncritical)
Pertainyms of adj acute
Attributes of adj acute
Domain of adj acute
1 of 6 senses of acute
Sense 1
acute (vs. chronic)
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#1, medical specialty#1
Domain Terms of adj acute
Familiarity of adj acute
acute used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =6)
Grep of adj acute
acute
subacute
Grep of adv acute
acutely
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