critical
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Sense: Adjective: crucial
Synonyms:
crucial Collocations, important Collocations, key Collocations, vital Collocations, significant Collocations, essential Collocations, decisive Collocations, all-important, deciding, imperative, pivotal Collocations, momentous, acute Collocations, urgent Collocations, high-priority, necessary Collocations, integral Collocations, weighty, a matter of life and death
Antonyms:
noncritical, nonurgent, unimportant, minor Collocations, nonessential, inessential, trivial Collocations, unnecessary Collocations, inconsequential, insignificant, inconsequential
Sense: Adjective: criticizing
Synonyms:
faultfinding, judgmental, judgemental , picky Collocations, disapproving, harsh Collocations, nagging Collocations, exacting, condemning, severe Collocations, censorious, disparaging, condemnatory, scathing, scolding, fussy Collocations, hairsplitting, quibbling, nitpicking , censuring, carping, overcritical, hypercritical, hyper-critical
Antonyms:
uncritical, flattering Collocations, praising, encouraging Collocations, positive Collocations, forgiving
Sense: Adjective: needing attention
Synonyms:
imperative, pressing Collocations, urgent Collocations, dire Collocations, acute Collocations, burning Collocations
Antonyms:
Sense: Adjective: capable of observing and judging
Synonyms:
analytical, analyzing, analysing , explanatory, discerning, evaluative, discriminating, interpretive, observant, perceptive, judging, judicious, thinking Collocations, observational
Antonyms:
irrational, unsound, weak Collocations, illogical, inconsequential, unaware Collocations, unobservant
Sense: Adjective: necessary
Synonyms:
necessary Collocations, essential Collocations, integral Collocations, must-have, required, vital Collocations
Sense: Adjective: relating to medical emergencies
Synonyms:
at death's door, touch and go , on their deathbed, dying Collocations, severely injured, in need of medical attention, in critical condition, emergency Collocations, intensive, grave Collocations, serious Collocations