Crossword-Solution: ACUMEN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Acumen | n. | Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ACUMEN | anagram | CUEMAN |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ACUMEN (5)
Suppose I try my luck upon the bicycle?” “No, no, my dear Watson! With all respect for your natural acumen, I do not think that you are quite a match for the worthy doctor.
Suppose I try my luck upon the bicycle?” “No, no, my dear Watson! With all respect for your natural acumen I do not think that you are quite a match for the worthy doctor.
The moral rightness of this man’s life was worthy of all praise; but in spite of some intellectual acumen, Knight had in him a modicum of that wrongheadedness which is mostly found in scrupulously honest people.
The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; Ð applied to the senses, or the understanding.
They had figured upon a week at least there before the second officer of the Halfmoon could ingratiate himself sufficiently into the goodwill of the Hardings to learn their plans, and now they were congratulating themselves upon their acumen in selecting so fit an agent as the Frenchman for the work he had handled so expeditiously and so well.
Quotes with ACUMEN (3)
Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids take drugs and kill themselves. These things should be the least of our worries. The main problem with mass media is that it makes it impossible to fall in love with any acumen of normalcy. There is no 'normal,' because everybody is being twisted by the same sources simultaneously.
With age comes acumen. With experience comes insight.
For God to prove himself on demand, physically, would be a grave disappointment, and the strongest Christians should be considerably grateful that he chooses not to do so. The skeptic endlessly demands proof, yet God refuses to insult the true intelligence of man, the '6th sense', the chief quality, the acumen which distinguishes man from the rest of creation, faith.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 120 times in crossword archives (1970–2025).