astute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: astute	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for astute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
astute adj marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow" Synonym(s): astute, sharp, shrewd
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Astute \Astute"\, a. [L. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning; perh. cognate with E. acute.] Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty. Syn: Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty. {Astute"ly}, adv. -- {As*tute"ness}, n.