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Definition: Astuteness |
AstutenessNoun1. Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings). 2. The intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "astuteness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
Synonyms: AstutenessSynonyms: depth (n), perspicaciousness (n), perspicacity (n), profoundness (n), profundity (n), shrewdness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Astuteness |
| English words defined with "astuteness": Astucity. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Thenardier, above all a man of astuteness and poise, was a rascal of the subdued order |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Astuteness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Astuteness" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 23 | 72,767 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "astuteness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | فطنة (acuity, acumen, acuteness, discernment, insight, intellect, keenness, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness, wit), المكر (calculating), الذكاء (intelligence), الدهاء (resourcefulness). (various references) | |
Finnish | äly (acumen, brains, intelligence, wit). (various references) | |
French | finesse. (various references) | |
German | scharfsinnigkeit (perceptiveness, sharpness, subtlety), scharfsinn (acuity, acumen, acuteness, brilliance, brilliancy, clairvoyance, discernment, farsightedness, perspicacity, sagacity, shrewdness, subtlety). (various references) | |
Greek | καπατσοσύνη (gumption, shrewdness), αγχίνεια, οξύνοια (acumen, acuteness, sagacity). (various references) | |
Hungarian | agyafúrtság (cuteness, vulpinism), ravaszság (acuity, acuteness, artifice, canniness, craftiness, cunning, cuteness, disingenuousness, finesse, foxiness, guile, knowingness, shrewdness, slyness, wile, wiliness), okosság (brightness, cleverness, discrimination, prudence, sagacity, sapience, shrewdness), furfang (art, cod, cunning, stratagem), éleslátás (acumen, clairvoyance, insight, perspicacity, vision). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kecerdasan (agility, aptitude, aptness, brightness, brilliance, intelligence, shrewdness). (various references) | |
Italian | astuzia (artfulness, cunning, guile, leeriness, ruse, sharpness, shrewdness, slyness, slynesses, stratagem, trick, wangling, wile, wiliness), acume (acumen, perspicacity, sharpness), scaltrezza (cunning, shrewdness, slyness, smartness), sagacia (knowingness, perspicacity, sagacity, vision, wisdom). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 焼きが回る (to be in one's dotage, to become decrepit, to become dull, to lose one's astuteness). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | やきがまわる (to be in one's dotage, to become decrepit, to become dull, to lose one's astuteness). (various references) | |
Manx | kiootid (cleverness, keeness of mind, wiliness), geyre-chooishaght (alertness, discrimination, shrewdness), creenaght (art, policy, prudence, wisdom). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | astutenessay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | astúcia (art, artfulness, craft, craftiness, cunning, dodge, double, invention, ruse, slyness, stratagem, trick, trickery, tweak, wile), argúcia (acuity, acumen, sagacity, subtlety), perspicácia (acuity, acumen, acuteness, aptitude, clairvoyance, discernment, insight, perspicacity, quickness, sagacity, vision, wit). (various references) | |
Romanian | viclenie (archness, artfulness, catch, contrivance, craft, cunning, devilry, finesse, fraud, guile, ruse, shift, subtlety, vicleim, wile), iscusinţã (ability, address, art, cleverness, fitness, ingenuity, ingenuousness, knack, management, skill, talent). (various references) | |
Russian | проницательность (acumen, clairvoyance, discernment, discrimination, insight, long head, penetration, perspicacity, poignancy, sagacity, shrewdness, vision). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | mudrost (skill, wisdom), lukavost (artfulness, cunning, foxiness, shrewdness, subtlety). (various references) | |
Spanish | astucia (archness, artfulness, cleverness, craft, craftiness, cunning, flirtation, foxiness, guile, overreach, pawkiness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slyness, snare, subtlety, trickery, wiliness, worldly wisdom), ingeniosidad (acumen, artifice, ingeniousness, ingenuity, resourcefulness). (various references) | |
Turkish | açıkgözlük (alertness, incisiveness, sharpness, shrewdness), kurnazlık (archness, art, artfulness, artifice, arts, craftiness, cunning, dodge, finesse, foxiness, guile, shenanigan, shiftiness, slyness, smartness, stratagem, strategy, subtility, subtlety, trick, wheeler-dealing, wheeling and dealing, wiliness, wrinkle), cin gibilik (shrewdness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хитрість (archness, artfulness, artifice, catch, craft, craftiness, cunning, finesse, foxery, overreach, pawk, ploy, sharpness, sleight, stealth, trick, trickery, wiliness), підступність (archness, craftiness, cunning, devilry), проникливість (acumen, acuteness, clairvoyance, discernment, penetration, perspicacity, perspicuity, sagacity, shrewdness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính tinh ranh, sự sắc sảo (mustard, sagacity, salt, sting, stung), óc tinh khôn tính láu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | astutia, astutiam, astutias. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "astuteness": astutenesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "astuteness" (pronounced ustuw"tnus) |
| 5 | -uw" t n u s | acuteness, cuteness. |
| 4 | -t n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, alertness, appropriateness, bluntness, brightness, compactness, completeness, correctness, directness, earnestness, eyewitness, faintness, fastness, fitness, flatness, forthrightness, gauntness, greatness, ineptness, inertness, lateness, lightfastness, lightness, neatness, politeness, quietness, remoteness, rightness, robustness, separateness, shortness, softness, steadfastness, stoutness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tightness, unpleasantness, vastness, wetness, whiteness, witness. |
| 3 | -n u s | aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, arbitrariness, assertiveness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, competitiveness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, fairness, farsightedness, fickleness, firmness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, riskiness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, tardiness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tautnesses. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-n-s-s-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tetanuses. | |
-2 letters: sensates, statuses, tautness, unstates. | |
-3 letters: assents, attunes, entases, estates, neatest, nutates, sateens, senates, sensate, sestets, statues, sunsets, suttees, tassets, tautens, tensest, tetanus, tsetses, uneases, unseats, unstate. | |
-4 letters: aeneus, anuses, assent, assets, astute, attune, enates, ensues, estate, nesses, nutate, sanest, sateen, sautes, senate, senses, sestet, stanes, stases, states, statue, status, stunts, sunset, suttas. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-n-s-s-s-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: astutenesses, tastefulness. | |
+3 letters: tactfulnesses. | |
+4 letters: outdatednesses, sequestrations, tastefulnesses, ultimatenesses. | |
+5 letters: distastefulness, fortunatenesses, substantiveness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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