Synonyms for critical

Other words for “critical”, grouped by meaning.

We found 16 synonyms for “critical”. The most common are captious, censorious, deprecative, hypercritical, searing.

adjective marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

adjective at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

adjective characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

adjective urgently needed; absolutely necessary

Synonymsvital

adjective forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

adjective being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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