acumen (noun)

  • 91common sense — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. logic, reason (see intelligence, judgment). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. good sense, practicality, horse sense*; see judgment 1 , sense 2 , wisdom 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. good sense, savvy,… …

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  • 92depth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Deepness Nouns 1. depth; deepness, profundity; deepening, lowering (see depression). See lowness. 2. depression, concavity;shaft, well; bowels of the earth, bottomless pit; hell; valley; abyss, chasm… …

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  • 93distinction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. difference, separateness, variation; discrimination; dignity, refinement, elegance; eminence, importance, repute. See taste, fashion, speciality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act or quality of noticing… …

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  • 94eye — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. watch, ogle, stare, view, observe, scrutinize, inspect. See vision. n. orb, visual organ; optic; eyesight, perception; vision; opinion, view; hook, loop, opening. See circularity, body. II (Roget s …

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  • 95foresight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. forethought, preparation; foreknowledge, prescience; clairvoyance, prevision. See prediction, caution, expectation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Power to imagine the future] Syn. prescience, prevision,… …

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  • 96gumption — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, initiative, self reliance; common sense. See cunning, resolution. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shrewdness, sagacity, initiative; see acumen , industry 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …

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  • 97insight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. discernment, perceptiveness, perception; intuition; penetration, understanding. See knowledge. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. penetration, perspicacity, shrewdness; see acumen . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 98intellect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Mental capacity Nouns 1. intellect, intellectuality, mentality, brain[s], mind, understanding, reason (see reasoning), rationality; faculties, senses, consciousness, observation (see attention);… …

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  • 99nose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. proboscis, snout, muzzle, beak, schnozzle (sl.); nasal or olfactory organ; nostrils. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The organ of smell] Syn. nasal organ, nasal cavity, nares, nasal passages,… …

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  • 100observation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. notice, perception, regard; comment, consideration, remark. See affirmation, attention, vision. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The power of observing] Syn. noticing, recognizing, view, regard, overlook, mark …

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