Definition of critical

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• critical is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
• critical is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
• critical is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15

Definition of critical

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a critical point in the campaign
  2. the critical test

  Synonyms

  1. decisive
• urgently needed; absolutely necessary (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a critical element of the plan
  2. critical medical supplies

  Synonyms

  1. vital
• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a critical temperature of water is 100 degrees C--its boiling point at standard atmospheric pressure
  2. critical mass
  3. go critical
• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a critical shortage of food
  2. a critical illness
  3. an illness at the critical stage
• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a critical reading
  2. a critical dissertation
  3. a critical analysis of Melville's writings
• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a critical attitude
• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism ()

  Examples

  1. critical acclaim

See definition of critical in Merriam Webster