| Main Entry: | scientific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | systematic; discovered through experimentation |
Synonyms: |
accurate, clear, controlled, deductive, exact, experimental, logical, mathematical, methodical, objective, precise, sound |
Antonyms: |
artistic |
| Main Entry: | accurate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | precise |
Synonyms: |
authentic, careful, close, concrete, correct, defined, definite, deft, detailed, discriminating, discriminative, distinct, exact, explicit, factual, faithful, genuine, judicious, just, literal, matter-of-fact, methodical, meticulous, on the button, on the money, on the nose, particular, proper, punctilious, punctual, regular, right, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scrupulous, severe, sharp, skillful, solid, specific, strict, systematic, true, ultraprecise, unerring, unmistakable, veracious |
Antonyms: |
careless, faulty, inaccurate, lax, vague |
| Main Entry: | analytic/analytical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | examining and determining |
Synonyms: |
cogent, conclusive, detailed, diagnostic, discrete, dissecting, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, interpretive, investigative, judicious, logical, organized, penetrating, perceptive, perspicuous, precise, problem-solving, questioning, ratiocinative, rational, reasonable, scientific, searching, solid, sound, studious, subtle, systematic, testing, thorough, valid, well-grounded |
| Main Entry: | clinical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dispassionate |
Synonyms: |
analytic, antiseptic, cold, detached, disinterested, emotionless, impersonal, objective, scientific, unemotional |
Antonyms: |
feeling, passionate, subjective |
| Main Entry: | educated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | learned, experienced |
Synonyms: |
accomplished, acquainted with, brainy, civilized, coached, corrected, cultivated, cultured, developed, enlightened, enriched, erudite, expert, finished, fitted, formed, informed, initiated, instructed, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, literary, literate, nurtured, polished, prepared, professional, refined, scholarly, schooled, scientific, shaped, skilled, tasteful, taught, trained, tutored, versed in, well-informed, well-read, well-taught, well-versed |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, stupid, uncultured, uneducated, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | learned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-informed |
Synonyms: |
abstruse, academic, accomplished, bookish, brainy, conversant, cultivated, cultured, deep*, educated, erudite, esoteric, experienced, expert, grave, grounded, highbrow, in the know, intellectual, judicious, lettered, literary, literate, omniscient, pansophic, pedantic, philosophic, philosophical, polymath, posted, professorial, recondite, sage, sapient, scholarly, scientific, sharp, skilled, solemn, solid, sound, studied, studious, versed, well-educated, well-grounded, well-read, well-rounded |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, stupid, uninformed |
| Main Entry: | mathematical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning manipulation of numbers |
Synonyms: |
algebraic, algorithmic, analytical, arithmetical, computative, geometrical, math, measurable, numerical, scientific, trigonometric |
| Main Entry: | orderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | methodical, organized |
Synonyms: |
alike, all together, arranged, businesslike, careful, clean, conventional, correct, exact, fixed, formal, framed, in apple-pie order, in good shape, in order, in shape, methodic, neat, neat as button, neat as pin, precise, regular, regulated, scientific, set-up, shipshape, slick, spick-and-span, systematic, systematized, thorough, tidy, to rights, together, trim, uncluttered, uniform |
Antonyms: |
complicated, disorderly, disorganized, unmethodical, unsystematic, untidy |
| Main Entry: | technical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning details, mechanics |
Synonyms: |
abstruse, high-tech, industrial, mechanical, methodological, occupational, professional, restricted, scholarly, scientific, special, specialized, technological, vocational |
Antonyms: |
unmechanical, untechnical |
| Main Entry: | analytical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | examining |
Synonyms: |
analytic, cogent, conclusive, detailed, diagnostic, discrete, dissecting, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, interpretive, investigative, judicious, logical, organized, penetrating, perceptive, perspicuous, precise, problem-solving, questioning, ratiocinative, rational, reasonably, scientific, searching, solid, sound, studious, subtle, systematic, testing, thorough, valid |
Antonyms: |
chaotic, disorganized, illogical, synthetical, unsystematic |