Critical Synonyms

Critical synonyms such as "compelling, bellyaching, analytic, acute, all-important, and climacteric". Critical is an adjective, and its antonyms are complimentary, safe, and unimportant. Here are 94 another word for critical with example sentences.

Another word for Critical

1. censorious

  • whingeing
  • unsympathetic
  • unfavourable
  • ultra-critical
  • scathing
  • reproving
  • reprobatory
  • reprobative
  • quibbling
  • picky
  • pettifogging
  • persnickety
  • pernickety
  • pedantic
  • pass-remarkable
  • overcritical
  • nitpicking
  • niggling
  • negative
  • judgemental
  • hypercritical
  • hair-splitting
  • griping
  • fault-finding
  • disparaging
  • disapproving
  • deprecatory
  • denunciatory
  • criticizing
  • condemning
  • condemnatory
  • censorious
  • cavilling
  • castigatory
  • carping
  • bitching
  • bellyaching

2. evaluative

  • interpretative
  • expository
  • explicative
  • explanatory
  • evaluative
  • elucidative
  • commentative
  • analytical
  • analytic

3. grave

4. crucial

How to Use critical in a Sentence

Critical thinking drives research breakthroughs.

His boss is extremely demanding and critical.

She gave a critical review.

They made critical decisions quickly.