critical

 
  Grep  of  noun  critical 
  critical  analysis 
  critical  angle 
  critical  appraisal 
  critical  point 
  critical  review 
  criticality 
  criticalness 
 
  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  --  ((chemistry  and  physics)  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") 
 
  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 
  =>  hypercritical,  overcritical 
  =>  scathing,  vituperative 
  Also  See->  sarcastic#1;  unfavorable#1,  unfavourable#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  critical  (vs.  noncritical) 
  =>  supercritical 
 
  Sense  3 
  critical  (vs.  uncritical) 
  =>  appraising(postnominal),  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 
  =>  desperate,  dire 
  Also  See->  crucial#1,  important#3 
 
  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 
 
  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 
 
  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  --  ((chemistry  and  physics)  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") 

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