Thesaurus: critical

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1. n. Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.
2. n. Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation.
3. n. Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious.
4. n. Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.
5. n. Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject.
6. n. Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation.
7. adj. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
8. adj. at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
9. adj. characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
10. adj. urgently needed; absolutely necessary
11. adj. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
12. adj. being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency