| NOUN | cognition | keenness, acuteness, acuity, sharpness | a quick and penetrating intelligence |
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| feeling | keenness, eagerness, avidity, avidness | a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something | |
| attribute | keenness, sharpness | thinness of edge or fineness of point |
| Meaning | A quick and penetrating intelligence. | |
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| Example | "I admired the keenness of his mind" | |
| Synonyms | acuteness, acuity, sharpness | |
| Narrower | steel trap | An acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps) |
| Broader | intelligence | The ability to comprehend |
| Spanish | acuidad, agudeza, vivacidad, viveza | |
| Adjectives | keen | having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions |
| Meaning | A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something. | |
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| Synonyms | eagerness, avidity, avidness | |
| Narrower | ardor, ardour, elan, zeal | A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause) |
| Broader | enthusiasm | A feeling of excitement |
| Spanish | afán, anhelo, ansia, ardor, avidez, impaciencia | |
| Catalan | afany, anhel, ànsia, ardor, avidesa, deler | |
| Meaning | thinness of edge or fineness of point. | |
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| Synonym | sharpness | |
| Attributes | sharp | Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point |
| Narrower | acuteness | The quality of having a sharp / sharp edge or point |
| Broader | shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation | Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) |
| Opposite | dullness, bluntness | Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point |
| Spanish | agudeza, perspicacia | |
| Adjectives | keen | having a sharp cutting edge or point |
| sharp | ending in a sharp point | |
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