Main entry: critical
Definition: marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
Usage: a critical attitude
Antonyms: uncritical
Definition: not critical; not tending to find or call attention to errors
Main entry: critical
Definition: characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
Usage: a critical reading; a critical dissertation; a critical analysis of Melville's writings
Antonyms: noncritical, uncritical
Definition: marked by disregard for critical standards or procedures
Main entry: critical
Definition: being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
Usage: a critical shortage of food; a critical illness; an illness at the critical stage
Antonyms: noncritical, noncrucial
Definition: not in a state of crisis or emergency
Antonyms: chronic
Definition: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
Antonyms: obtuse
Definition: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees
Antonyms: safe
Definition: free from danger or the risk of harm
Antonyms: frivolous
Definition: not serious in content or attitude or behavior
Main entry: critical
Definition: at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
Usage: a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure; critical mass; go critical
Antonyms: noncritical
Definition: not critical; not at a point of abrupt change
Main entry: critical, decisive
Definition: forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
Usage: a critical point in the campaign; the critical test
Antonyms: noncrucial
Definition: of little importance; not decisive
Antonyms: unimportant
Definition: not important
Main entry: critical, vital
Definition: urgently needed; absolutely necessary
Usage: a critical element of the plan; critical medical supplies; vital for a healthy society; of vital interest
Antonyms: dispensable
Definition: capable of being dispensed with or done without