noncritical

Questions about noncritical

What does noncritical mean?

noncritical means "not critical; not at a point of abrupt change". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in noncritical?

noncritical has 4 syllables: non-cri-ti-cal. The stress falls on "cri".

What is another word for noncritical?

Close synonyms include noncrucial, uncritical. 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.

What is the opposite of noncritical?

The recorded antonyms are critical, critical.

Is noncritical a common word?

noncritical 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.