Associations to the word «Acumen»

Wiktionary

ACUMEN, noun. Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.

Dictionary definition

ACUMEN, noun. A tapering point.
ACUMEN, noun. Shrewdness shown by keen insight.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley