astute meaning

Definition of astute

1. 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

   Synonyms: sharp, shrewd

   Similar: smart

   Related forms: astuteness

How to pronounce astute

astute is pronounced /əˈstut/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with astute

• shoot
• root
• suit
• recruit
• commute
• loot
• acute
• fruit
• salute
• dispute
• boot
• cute
• hoot
• brute
• chute
• route
• dilute
• refute
• repute
• pursuit
• mute
• flute
• scoot
• impute