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Synonyms for critical
ˈkrɪt ɪ kəlcrit·i·cal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
critical
That is minute which is of exceedingly limited dimensions, as a grain of dust, or which attends to matters of exceedingly slight amount or apparent importance; as, a minute account; minute observation. That which is broken up into minute particles is said to be comminuted; things may be termed fine which would not be termed comminuted; as, fine sand; fine gravel; but, in using the adverb, we say a substance is finely comminuted, comminuted referring more to the process, fine to the result. An account extended to very minute particulars is circumstantial, detailed, particular; an examination so extended is critical, exact, precise. Compare FINE.
See synonyms for LARGE.
Synonyms:
circumstantial, comminuted, detailed, diminutive, exact, fine, little, minute, particular, precise, slender, small, tiny
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
critical
Synonyms:
nice, delicate, exact, fastidious, discriminating, censorious, accurate, dubious, precarious, ticklish, crucial, important, momentous, hazardousAntonyms:
inexact, popular, loose, easy, undiscriminating, safe, determined, decided, settled, retrieved, redressed
Princeton's WordNet
criticaladjective
marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
"a critical attitude"
Antonyms:
uncritical, noncritical, dispensable, acritical, noncrucialcriticaladjective
at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
"a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"; "critical mass"; "go critical"
Antonyms:
noncritical, acritical, noncrucial, dispensable, uncriticalcriticaladjective
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
"a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
Antonyms:
dispensable, noncrucial, uncritical, acritical, noncriticalcritical, vitaladjective
urgently needed; absolutely necessary
"a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest"
Synonyms:
decisive, lively, full of life, life-sustaining, vitalAntonyms:
acritical, uncritical, dispensable, noncritical, noncrucialcritical, decisiveadjective
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
"a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"
Antonyms:
uncritical, noncritical, noncrucial, dispensable, acriticalcriticaladjective
being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
"a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"
Antonyms:
acritical, noncritical, uncritical, dispensable, noncrucialcriticaladjective
of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism
"critical acclaim"
Antonyms:
uncritical, noncritical, noncrucial, acritical, dispensable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
criticaladjective
Synonyms:
discriminating, fastidious, carping, censorious, captious, caviling, zoilean, crucial, momentous, decisive, precarious, climacteric
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "critical":
crucial, essential, criticism, decisive, critique, vital, key, critic, criticisms, fundamental, critics, important, critiques, pivotal, indispensable, criticises, serious, core, basic, sensitive, major, critically, imperative, paramount, instrumental, determinants, significant, central
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#350 | small | |
#398 | little | |
#569 | key | |
#573 | important | |
#638 | major | |
#686 | central | |
#945 | basic | |
#1113 | particular | |
#1114 | fine | |
#1157 | nice | |
#1406 | significant | |
#1579 | detailed | |
#1617 | core | |
#1783 | critical | |
#1981 | minute | |
#2107 | serious | |
#2131 | essential | |
#3066 | accurate | |
#3402 | exact | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#4106 | tiny | |
#4428 | fundamental | |
#4760 | vital | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#5766 | criticism | |
#6122 | critics | |
#6242 | crucial | |
#7489 | precise | |
#8242 | instrumental | |
#10836 | critique | |
#10865 | critic | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#11669 | paramount | |
#12285 | lively | |
#13316 | critically | |
#14966 | imperative | |
#18032 | decisive | |
#18563 | indispensable | |
#19034 | determinants | |
#19389 | critiques | |
#19918 | slender | |
#21478 | pivotal | |
#21996 | criticisms | |
#23071 | dubious | |
#29124 | discriminating | |
#37328 | precarious | |
#42699 | momentous | |
#48122 | ticklish | |
#49683 | circumstantial | |
#50848 | diminutive | |
#79452 | criticises | |
#91896 | fastidious | |
#186190 | comminuted | |
#195290 | censorious |
How to use critical in a sentence?
The people of Dallas deserve answers about what happened, why top city staff kept it quiet for months, and what can be done to resolve these critical issues that affect public safety.
We relied on the critical importance of protecting the integrity of the game and the thoroughness and independence of The Wells report.
We need to be prepared to break down barriers associated with access to supplies, access to care, if realtime delivery, on-demand delivery of critical supplies is necessary to save lives, we want to do that.
We have now reached that point of critical mass where the urgency of the matter can no longer be denied.
This is a very, very critical step because this potentially could open the doorway for a number of other deals to begin working their way through the process.
Translations for critical
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- حرجArabic
- решителен, критичен, много важен, придиращ, преломенBulgarian
- críticCatalan, Valencian
- kritickýCzech
- kritischGerman
- κρίσιμοςGreek
- krizaEsperanto
- crítica, críticoSpanish
- حیاتی, ایرادگیر, بحرانی, عیبجو, انتقادیPersian
- kritisoiva, arvostelu, arvosteleva, kriittinen, [[äärimmäinenFinnish
- critiqueFrench
- beachtaíochIrish
- ביקורתיHebrew
- महत्वपूर्णHindi
- válságos, bíráló, kritikusHungarian
- ដែលរកតែកំហុសKhmer
- 비판적Korean
- kritisch, kritiekDutch
- críticoPortuguese
- крити́ческий, критический, реши́тельный, перело́мный, придирчивыйRussian
- prijélomnīSerbo-Croatian
- kritiskSwedish
- விமர்சனTamil
- క్లిష్టమైనTelugu
- วิกฤติThai
- 危急Chinese
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