noun
Meaning 1
The quality of being astute.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
astuteness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈst͡ʃuːtnəs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /əˈstjuːtnəs/
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General-American: /əˈstutnəs/
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General-American: /əˈstjutnəs/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 S T UW1 T N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: profundity, profoundness, depth, deepness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wisdom, sapience
noun
Meaning 3
intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shrewdness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intelligence
Narrower terms: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness, insightfulness, acumen, knowingness, street smarts
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English astute Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English astuteness From astute + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: دَهَاء (dahāʔ) — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Basque: azerikeria — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Catalan: astúcia — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Chinese Mandarin: 精明 (jīngmíng) — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Czech: prozíravost — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Czech: mazanost — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Czech: prohnanost — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Finnish: neuvokkuus — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- French: perspicacité — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- French: sagacité — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Gallurese: maltaria — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- German: Gerissenheit — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- German: Scharfsinn — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- German: Scharsinnigkeit — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Irish: amhainse — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Italian: astuzia — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Italian: scaltrezza — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Portuguese: astúcia — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Russian: проница́тельность (pronicátelʹnostʹ) — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Russian: кова́рство (kovárstvo) — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Campidanese Sardinian: astùtzia — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Campidanese Sardinian: mágna — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Campidanese Sardinian: reflescia — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Campidanese Sardinian: rusa — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Campidanese Sardinian: trassa — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Sardinian: istucia — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Sardinian: astùtzia — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Sassarese: astùtzia — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Spanish: astucia — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Spanish: sagacidad — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Spanish: letra menuda — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Turkish: açıkgözlük — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Turkish: kurnazlık — quality of being astute, also cleverness
- Turkish: zekilik — quality of being astute, also cleverness