Defenition of the word astute

• Defenition of the word astute

  • Intelligent, smart and capable of taking advantage of a situation.
  • marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
  • marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

Synonyms for the word astute

• • clever
  • incisive
  • intelligent
  • judicious
  • of good judgment
  • perceptive
  • perspicacious
  • sharp
  • shrewd
  • smart
  • wise

Similar words in the astute

• • astute
  • astutely
  • astuteness
  • astuteness's
  • astuter
  • astutest
  • smart

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