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critical
Overview of adj critical
The adj critical has 7 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (7) critical -- (marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude")
2. (5) critical -- (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")
3. (5) critical -- (characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; "a critical reading"; "a critical dissertation"; "a critical analysis of Melville's writings")
4. (3) critical, vital -- (urgently needed; absolutely necessary; "a critical element of the plan"; "critical medical supplies"; "vital for a healthy society"; "of vital interest")
5. (2) critical, decisive -- (forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test")
6. (1) critical -- (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")
7. critical -- (of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism; "critical acclaim")
Grep of noun critical
critical analysis
critical angle
critical appraisal
critical mass
critical point
critical review
criticality
criticalness
Antonyms of adj critical
6 of 7 senses of critical
Sense 1
critical (vs. uncritical)
uncritical (vs. critical)
Sense 2
critical (vs. noncritical)
noncritical (vs. critical)
Sense 3
critical (vs. uncritical)
uncritical (vs. critical), noncritical
Sense 4
critical, vital
INDIRECT (VIA indispensable) -> dispensable
Sense 5
critical, decisive
INDIRECT (VIA crucial) -> noncrucial
Sense 6
critical (vs. noncritical)
noncritical (vs. critical), noncrucial
=> acritical
Similarity of adj critical
7 senses of critical
Sense 1
critical (vs. uncritical)
=> captious, faultfinding
=> caviling, carping, nitpicking, pettifogging, quibbling
=> censorious
=> deprecative
=> hypercritical, overcritical
=> scathing, blistering, scalding, vituperative
Also See> sarcastic#1; unfavorable#1, unfavourable#1
Sense 2
critical (vs. noncritical)
=> supercritical
Sense 3
critical (vs. uncritical)
=> appraising(prenominal), evaluative
=> discriminative, judicial
Also See> discerning#1; scholarly#1
Sense 4
critical, vital
=> indispensable (vs. dispensable)
Sense 5
critical, decisive
=> crucial (vs. noncrucial), important
Sense 6
critical (vs. noncritical)
=> acute
=> dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
=> desperate, dire
Also See> crucial#1, important#3
Sense 7
critical
Pertains to noun criticism (Sense 2)
=>criticism, critique
=> critical appraisal, critical analysis
Pertainyms of adj critical
1 of 7 senses of critical
Sense 7
critical
Pertains to noun criticism (Sense 2)
=>criticism, critique
=> critical appraisal, critical analysis
Attributes of adj critical
2 of 7 senses of critical
Sense 2
critical (vs. noncritical)
=> criticality
Sense 6
critical (vs. noncritical)
=> crisis
Domain of adj critical
1 of 7 senses of critical
Sense 2
critical (vs. noncritical)
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
TOPIC>(noun) physics#1, physical science#1, natural philosophy#1
Domain Terms of adj critical
Familiarity of adj critical
critical used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =7)
Grep of adj critical
acritical
critical
diacritical
hypercritical
hypocritical
noncritical
overcritical
supercritical
uncritical
Grep of adv critical
critically
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