The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word WIT , but the solution may also be SMARTS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Acumen crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WIT | 45 % | 3 |
| INSIGHT | 18 % | 7 |
| KEENNESS | 9 % | 8 |
| SMARTS | 9 % | 6 |
| DISCERNMENT | 9 % | 11 |
| SENSE | 9 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Acumen
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- insightfulness
- perceptiveness
- perspicacity
- wit
- clear-sightedness
- vision
- discernment
- sagacity
- sense
- wisdom
- insight
- sensitivity
Crossword Answer definitions
WIT noun- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- (obsolete usually in the plural) The senses.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
- Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).
- Against.
- In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
- In addition to; as an accessory to.
- Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
- In support of.
- In regard to.
- To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
- Using as an instrument; by means of.
- Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
- Having, owning.
- Affected by (a certain emotion or condition).
- Prompted by (a certain emotion).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result WIT
- Dorothy Parker, for one
- Brainpower
- Jocularity
- Quipster
- Dorothy Parker quality
- Good humor man
- Groucho trademark
- One skilled in repartee
- Keenness
- Drollery
More clues leading to the result INSIGHT
- Not out of eyeshot
- Goal of self-reflection
- Visible
- Penetrating discernment
- Acumen
- Perceptiveness
- Perception
- Keen discernment
- Perception.
- Visible.
More clues leading to the result KEENNESS
More clues leading to the result SMARTS
- Stings
- Common sense
- Brainpower
- Intelligence
- Intelligence, slangily
- Know-how
- Hurts a lot
- Brains
- Gray matter
- Horse sense