astute
/əsˈtjuːt/
astute adjective: quickly and critically discerning.
Adjective
astute (comparative astuter, superlative astutest)
- Quickly and critically discerning.
- Shrewd or crafty.
- astute analysis
- astute observation
astute meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
astute in Tamil
- கூர்மதியுடைய, சூழ்ச்சித்திறமுடைய, நுண்புலன் வாய்ந்த, நுண்புலம் வாய்ந்த, சூழ்ச்சித்திறமுடைய தந்திர நுட்பமுடைய
astute in Urdu
- چالاک, تیز فہم
astute in Bengali
- দূরদর্শী ও বিচক্ষণ, বাস্তব পরিস্থিতি বুঝতে সক্ষম
astute in Malayalam
- സൂക്ഷ്മബുദ്ധിയുളള, വിവേകമുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- astute in Kannada
- ಸುಟಿ, ಕಯ್ಮೆಯ
- astute in Tagalog
- tuso
- astute in Arabic
- دَاهٍ dāhin, الدَّاهِي ad-dāhī
Examples of astute in a sentence
- Astute businessman though he was, my brother was capable of extreme recklessness.
- At present Joseph Stalin, astute, sagaciously “conservative,” has seen fit to squelch such activities.
- Alfred Inglethorp that astute gentleman would have—in your so expressive idiom—‘smelt a rat’!
Synonyms of astute
Forms of astute
| comparative | astuter |
|---|---|
| superlative | astutest |
Origin of astute
From Latin astūtus, from astus (“craft”).
Words formed from astute
Words that rhyme with astute
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cute
- moot
- overshoot
- recruit
- salute
- volute
- dispute
- impute
- pollute
- scoot
- snoot
- substitute
- chute
- depute
- dilute
- hoot
- loot
- pursuit
- reboot
- scute
- uproot
- Beirut
- cahoot
- Clute
- convolute
- lute
- zoot
- ablute
- Aleut
- argute
- beaut
- bruit
- compute
- coot
- doot
- en route
- glout
- jute
- minute
- newt
- poot
- refute
- repute
- resolute
- 'tute
- angel lute
- butte
- cheroot
Questions about astute
- What does astute mean?
- Astute means quickly and critically discerning.
- What is astute in Tamil?
- Astute in Tamil is கூர்மதியுடைய, சூழ்ச்சித்திறமுடைய, நுண்புலன் வாய்ந்த. See Astute meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is astute?
- Astute is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce astute?
- Astute is pronounced /əsˈtjuːt/.
Words near astute in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: astute (page history and authors); astute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); astute (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); astute (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); astute (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); astute (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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