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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats