acumen
Meaning of acumen
noun
- the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions.
she hides a shrewd business acumen
late 16th century: from Latin, ‘sharpness, point’, from acuere ‘sharpen’ (see acute).
Information about acumen
- It is a name.
- The plural form of acumen is: acumens.
- Languages in which acumen is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of acumen
acu-men
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- acumen is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
acumen synonyms
Meaning insightfulness:
Meaning knowledge or perception of a situation or fact:
Meaning the quality of having or showing good powers of judgement:
Meaning sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing:
Meaning the quality or state of being sharp:
Meaning the quality of being clever; intelligence or shrewdness:
Meaning the quality or state of giving out or reflecting light:
Meaning the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions:
Meaning the power of abstract thought; intellect:
Meaning a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch:
Meaning the ability to judge well:
Meaning the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise:
Meaning the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence:
Meaning the quality of being sagacious:
Meaning the quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness:
Meaning the quality of being clever, original, and inventive:
Meaning the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something:
Meaning the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning:
Meaning the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses:
Meaning the action or process of penetrating something:
Meaning the power or ability to do something:
Meaning a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one:
Meaning the ability to assess and initiate things independently:
Meaning the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties:
Meaning a special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well:
Meaning the faculty or state of being able to see:
Meaning intellectual capacity:
Meaning common sense; practical intelligence:
Meaning shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgements:
Meaning shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness:
Meaning a piece of open land for public use:
Meaning sharp stinging pain:
Translation of acumen
- Spanish: agudeza, agudez, cacumen, perspicacia
- Italian: acume, perspicacia
- German: Scharfsinn
- French: perspicace
- Portuguese: acume
Anagrams of acumen
Words that rhyme with acumen
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