Critical : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'critical': discover synonyms for the word critical, such as faultfinding or censorious.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as critical. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": crucial and vital.


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Synonyms for critical sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for critical Degree of synonymy of critical Frequency in the language
faultfinding
   40034  
censorious
   40031  
hypercritical
   40031 0.06  
pettifogging
   40028 0.02  
quibbling
   40028 0.16  
dangerous
   40027 74.84  
caviling
   40025  
vituperative
   40023 1.00  
severe
   40021 9.41  
overcritical
   40021  
captious
   40021  
dire
   40020 2.20  
decisive
   40016 1.29  
indispensable
   40015 0.75  
desperate
   40014 25.69  
discriminative
   40014 0.02  
scathing
   40013 0.16  
vital
   40009 7.76  
crucial
   40008 4.59  
grievous
   40006 1.04  

Lexical field of "critical"

crucial
vital
important
indispensable
serious
decisive
acute
dangerous
dire
severe
scathing
desperate
evaluative
grievous
faultfinding
grave
vituperative
overcritical
appraising
discriminative
supercritical
censorious
hypercritical
judicial
quibbling
nitpicking
captious
pettifogging
carping
caviling
key
essential
pivotal
paramount
integral
valuable
imperative
significant
necessary
invaluable
problematic
foundational
fundamental
difficult
needed
defining
sensitive
urgent
major
primary