Perceptive synonyms

pər-sĕp'tĭv

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alert
Vigilantly attentive; watchful:
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sharp
(Informal) Attractive or stylish:
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keen
Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
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incisive
Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.
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discreet (related)
The definition of discreet is someone or something that is careful about their behavior or keeps secrets.
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sagacious
Having or showing keen perception or discernment and sound judgment, foresight, etc.
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judicious (related)
Having, applying, or showing sound judgment; wise and careful
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rational (related)
Consistent with or based on reason or good judgment; logical or sensible:
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dense (antonym)
Permitting little light to pass through, because of compactness of matter:
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observant (related)
The definition of observant is someone who is good at noticing things, or someone who follows the rules and requirements of a particular religion.
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acute
Having an acute angle.
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perspicacious
(Archaic) Having keen vision
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insightful
Showing or having insight; perceptive.
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careful (related)
Accurately or thoroughly done or made; painstaking
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conscious (related)
Intentionally conceived or done; deliberate:
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unobservant (antonym)
Not observant.
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probing
Of something that investigates or explores deeply.
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sensitive
Aware of or careful about the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others:
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trenchant
(Figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe; as, trenchant wit.
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unperceptive (antonym)
Not perceptive
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thoughtful (related)
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lucid (related)
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erudite (related)
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witty (related)
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candid (related)
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thought-provoking (related)
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clear-sighted (related)
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clear-headed (related)
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level-headed (related)
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forthright (related)
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aware
Having knowledge or discernment of something:
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wise
Provided with information; informed. Often used with to :
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dull (antonym)
Cloudy or overcast:
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insensitive (antonym)
Not sensitive; esp., incapable of being impressed, influenced, or affected; having little or no reaction (to)
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unaware (antonym)
Not aware or informed; lacking knowledge
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Perceptive Sentence Examples

  • It was amazing how someone could be so perceptive at one moment and clueless the next.

  • Those in the military are often rewarded for evasive and perceptive actions that they take.

  • It seems that opinions may be formed of inquiry and study alone, which are then constructive; but where intuitive perception or the perceptive imagination is a robust possession, the fruits of research become assimilative - the food of a divining faculty which needs more or less of it according to the power of divination.

  • Such principles are not derived from sensation, but are "suggested" on occasion of sensation, in such a way as to constitute the necessary conditions of our having perceptive experience at all.

  • Perception or real cognition is thus conceived as a complex fact, involving data of sense and pure perceptive forms, determined by the category and realized through productive imagination in the schema.

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