critical analysis

1. 1.

   an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation

   Synonymscritical appraisal

   Broaderappraisal

   Narrowercriticism

Questions about critical analysis

What does critical analysis mean?

critical analysis means "an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation".

What is another word for critical analysis?

Close synonyms include critical appraisal. 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 critical analysis a common word?

critical analysis 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.