critical - Meaning in Sanskrit

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critical - Meaning in Sanskrit

Definitions and Meaning of critical in English

critical adjective

1. marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

   छिद्रान्वेषक, छिद्रान्वेषिन्

   Example

   • "a critical attitude"
2. characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

   Examples

   • "a critical analysis of Melville's writings"
   • "a critical dissertation"
   • "a critical reading"
3. being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

   Examples

   • "a critical illness"
   • "a critical shortage of food"
   • "an illness at the critical stage"
4. at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

   Examples

   • "a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure"
   • "critical mass"
   • "go critical"
5. forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

   Synonyms

   decisive

   Examples

   • "a critical point in the campaign"
   • "the critical test"
6. urgently needed; absolutely necessary

   Synonyms

   vital

   Examples

   • "a critical element of the plan"
   • "critical medical supplies"
   • "of vital interest"
   • "vital for a healthy society"
7. of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

   Example

   • "critical acclaim"

Synonyms of critical

• decisive
• vital

Antonyms of critical

uncritical, noncritical, noncrucial

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