Perception
Synonyms for acute
Synonyms for acute: sensitive, intense and perceptive. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for acute
Interchangeable with acute in this sense
Audited under acute's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one acute carries in that sense.
- sensitiveadjective, in the sense "of a sense, highly sensitive and sharp"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name acute as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- intenseintense is an adjective in the sense "extremely sharp or severe"
- perceptiveperceptive is an adjective in the sense "quick to notice or understand things; showing keen insight"
The first group is filed under acute's own sense. The second reach acute from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
of a sense, highly sensitive and sharp
Bats rely on acute hearing rather than sight to navigate in the dark.
The true synonym
sensitive
Same sentence, swapped: Bats rely on sensitive hearing rather than sight to navigate in the dark.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- selective
- loud
- occasional
Where acute turns up in the game
acute is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where acute is the trap
- vividadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is brilliant, in the sense "having strong or striking color", and acute is one of the three tiles that lose.
- virulentadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is deadly, in the sense "extremely poisonous or injurious", so acute is there to be ruled out.
Play acute
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so acute reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because perception is the company acute keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. acute carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.