- Crucial - Of high priority - Vital - Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary
or artistic productions. - Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the
nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical
dissertation. - Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise
careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious. - Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious;
captious; censorious; exacting.