Definitions For Critical

adjective

  • Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws
  • Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment
  • Being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
  • At or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction
  • Of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

adjective

  • Forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis
  • Urgently needed; absolutely necessary

Is Critical a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15

The word Critical is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Critical in a Sentence

  • The program presents a critical analysis of the government's strategies.
  • She has a talent for critical thinking.
  • We need to look at these proposed changes with a critical eye before we accept them.

Synonyms for Critical

Antonyms for Critical

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