Acumen \A*cu"men\, n. [L. acumen, fr. acuere to sharpen. Cf.
Acute.]
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind;
the faculty of nice discrimination. --Selden.
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Syn: Sharpness; sagacity; keenness; shrewdness; acuteness.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
acumen
n 1: a tapering point
2: shrewdness shown by keen insight [syn: insightfulness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "acumen":
acuity, acuteness, apperception, astuteness, cogency,
critical discernment, discernment, discrimination, farseeingness,
farsightedness, flair, foresight, foresightedness, incisiveness,
insight, judgment, keenness, longheadedness, longsightedness,
penetration, perception, perceptiveness, percipience,
perspicaciousness, perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuousness,
providence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sensibility, sharpness,
shrewdness, trenchancy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
acumen data systems, acumen fund, acumen nation, insightfulness, Search the Web, the acumen journal
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