astuteness

Other forms of astuteness

plural

astutenesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about astuteness

What does astuteness mean?

astuteness means "intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in astuteness?

astuteness has 3 syllables: a-stute-ness. The stress falls on "stute". In IPA it is /əˈstutnəs/.

What is another word for astuteness?

Close synonyms include shrewdness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness, profundity, profoundness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is astuteness a common word?

astuteness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.