- 2. Keen, shrewd, discerning, knowing, quick, sharp, smart, bright, sage, sagacious, intelligent, astute,
ingenious, subtle, penetrating, piercing, clear-sighted, sharp-witted, long-headed.
- 3. Severe, violent, intense, poignant, distressing, fierce, piercing, exquisite, pungent.
- 4. High, shrill, high-toned.
- 5. (Med.) Sudden, violent, temporary, limited, not chronic.
Acuteness, n.
- 1. Sharpness, pointedness.
- 2. Acumen, shrewdness, penetration, sagacity, sagaciousness, astuteness, sharpness, brightness, perspicacity,
discernment, ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.
- 3. Severity, intensity, poignancy, violence.
- 4. Highness, shrillness.
Adage, n. Proverb, saying, saw, dictum, aphorism, apothegm, maxim, by-word, sententious precept.
Adamant, n. Diamond, crystallized carbon, infrangible mineral, indestructible stone, eternal rock.
Adamantean, a. Adamantine, hard as adamant, very hard, infrangible, indestructible, imperishable.
Adamantine, a.
- 1. Made of adamant.
- 2. Adamantean, very hard, hard as adamant.
Adam’s-needle, n. Yucca, bear-grass, Spanish bayonet.
Adapt, v. a. Adjust, accommodate, suit, proportion, qualify, prepare, fit, temper, fashion, match, make, conform, make conformable or suitable.
Adaptability, n. Adaptableness, suitableness. See adaptation.
Adaptation, n.
- 1. Fitness, suitableness, appropriateness, aptness, adaptability, conformableness, conformability, accommodation,
harmony.
- 2. Fitting, process or act of fitting, adjustment, accommodation, suiting, etc. See adapt.