INCISIVENESS Synonyms

• sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

• the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

• free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression

• the quality of clear water

• unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice

• the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

• thinness of edge or fineness of point

• a feeling of understanding

• delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

• perception of that which is obscure

• the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

• the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

• the quality of being reproducible in amount or performance

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

• a strong odor or taste property

• the quality of being keenly and painfully felt

• thinness of edge or fineness of point

• the quality of being sharp and clear

• harshness of manner

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)