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Perceptive - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: perceptive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: alert, sensitive
Synonyms: acute, astute, awake, aware, brainy*, conscious, discerning, discreet, ear to the ground, gnostic, incisive, insighted, insightful, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, knows what's what, observant, penetrating, penetrative, percipient, perspicacious, quick, rational, responsive, sagacious, sage, savvy*, sharp, sophic, tuned in, wise, wise to
Antonyms: dense, insensitive, unaware, unobservant
Main Entry: alert
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: attentive, lively
Synonyms: active, all ears, bright, cagey*, careful, circumspect, clever, fast on the draw, good hands, heads up, heedful, hip, intelligent, jazzed, observant, on guard*, on one's toes, on the ball*, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, perceptive, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired*, wise, with it*
Antonyms: asleep, drowsy, inattentive, lethargic, sluggish, unobservant, weary
Main Entry: analytic/analytical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: examining and determining
Synonyms: cogent, conclusive, detailed, diagnostic, discrete, explanatory, expository, inquiring, inquisitive, judicious, logical, organized, penetrating, perceptive, perspicuous, precise, questioning, rational, reasonable, scientific, searching, solid, sound, studious, subtle, systematic, testing, thorough, valid, well-grounded, dissecting, interpretive, investigative, problem-solving, ratiocinative
Main Entry: aware
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: knowledgeable
Synonyms: acquainted, alert, alive, appraised, appreciative, apprehensive, apprised, attentive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, cool*, enlightened, familiar, go-go, groovy*, grounded, heedful, hip*, in the know, in the picture, informed, into*, know the score, know what's what, know-how, knowing, latched on, mindful, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, receptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned in, up on, wise, wise to, wised up, with it*
Antonyms: ignorant, insensitive, unaware, unconscious
Main Entry: clairvoyant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: intuitive, psychic
Synonyms: discerning, far-sighted, fey, judicious, new age*, oracular, penetrating, perceptive, prescient, prophetic, visionary, clear-sighted, extrasensory, farseeing, long-sighted, second-sighted, sibylline, spiritualistic, telepathic, vatic
Main Entry: cognizant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: aware
Synonyms: acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, awake, conscious, conversant, familiar, hip to, informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, versed, with it*, down with, grounded, hep to, in on, in the know, in the picture, on the beam, on to, plugged in, tuned in, up on, wise to, witting
Antonyms: ignorant, unaware, unfamiliar, uninformed, unwitting, unknowledgeable
Main Entry: conversant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: experienced, familiar with
Synonyms: abreast, acquainted, alive, apprehensive, au courant, au fait, aware, cognizant, conscious, cool*, hip*, informed, into, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, practiced, proficient, sensible, sentient, skilled, up*, up-to-date, versed, well-informed, comprehending, down with, hep, kept posted, on the beam, percipient, plugged in, versant, witting
Antonyms: ignorant, inexperienced, quiet, silent
Main Entry: discerning
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: discriminating
Synonyms: acute, astute, bright, brilliant, clever, critical, ingenious, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, sagacious, sage, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise, clear-sighted, gnostic, insighted, percipient
Antonyms: neglectful, negligent, disregardful, overlooking, undiscerning, undiscriminating
Main Entry: eagle-eyed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: keen-eyed
Synonyms: observant, perceptive, perspicacious, X-ray eye, clear-sighted, hawk-eyed, sharp-eyed
Main Entry: far-sighted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: looking ahead wisely
Synonyms: acute, canny, cautious, clairvoyant, discerning, judicious, levelheaded, perceptive, politic, prescient, provident, prudent, sagacious, sage, shrewd, well-balanced, wise, commonsensical, cool-headed
Antonyms: incautious, rash, shortsighted, unthinking, unwise, uncareful
Main Entry: impressionable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: easily taught; gullible
Synonyms: affected, feeling, impressible, ingenuous, open, perceptive, plastic*, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, vulnerable, affectable, influenceable, sensile, suggestible, susceptive, wax-like
Antonyms: obstinate, stubborn, unresponsive, insusceptible, unimpressionable
Main Entry: intelligent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very smart
Synonyms: able, acute, alert, alive, apt, astute, brainy*, bright, brilliant, calculating, capable, clever, creative, deep*, discerning, enlightened, exceptional, highbrow*, imaginative, ingenious, instructed, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, original, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, profound, quick, quick-witted, rational, ready, reasonable, resourceful, responsible, sage, sharp, smart, thinking, together*, understanding, well-informed, whiz*, wise, witty, all there, comprehending
Notes: people are intelligent; statements are intelligible
Antonyms: foolish, idiotic, imbecile, stupid, unintelligent
Main Entry: intuitive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: instinctive
Synonyms: automatic, direct, emotional, habitual, immediate, inherent, innate, involuntary, natural, perceptive, spontaneous, understood, untaught, visceral, instinctual, unreflecting
Antonyms: calculated, taught, meditated, reasoned
Main Entry: knowing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: experienced, aware
Synonyms: alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, cool*, crack*, deliberate, discerning, expert, insightful, intelligent, intended, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, qualified, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophisticated, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise, percipient, sophic, tuned-in, with-it, witting
Antonyms: inexperienced, unaware, unknowing, uncognizant
Main Entry: knowledgeable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: aware, educated
Synonyms: abreast, acquainted, alert, appreciative, au courant, au fait, brainy*, bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, conscious, conversant, discerning, erudite, experienced, familiar, informed, insightful, intelligent, knowing, learned, lettered, omniscient, perceptive, prescient, privy, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, savvy, scholarly, sensible, sharp, smart, sophisticated, understanding, versed, well-informed, well-rounded, wise, apprised, in the know, plugged in, posted, sophic, tuned-in, with-it
Antonyms: ignorant, unaware, uneducated, uninformed
Main Entry: logical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: probable, reasonable
Synonyms: analytical, clear, cogent, coherent, compelling, congruent, consequent, consistent, convincing, deducible, discerning, discriminating, fair, germane, inferential, intelligent, judicious, justifiable, kosher*, legitimate, lucid, necessary, obvious, perceptive, perspicuous, pertinent, plausible, rational, relevant, sensible, sound, subtle, telling, valid, wise, analytic, commonsensical, extensional, holding together, holding water, juridicious, legit, most likely, well-organized
Antonyms: illogical, improbable, irrational, unlikely, unreasonable
Main Entry: observant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: alert, watchful
Synonyms: advertent, alive, attentive, bright, clear-sighted, comprehending, considering, contemplating, correct, deducing, detecting, discerning, discovering, discriminating, eager, eagle-eyed*, heedful, intelligent, intentive, interested, keen, mindful, not missing a trick, obedient, observative, on one's toes, on the ball*, penetrating, perceptive, questioning, quick, regardful, searching, sensitive, sharp, sharp-eyed, surveying, understanding, vigilant, wide-awake*
Antonyms: careless, inattentive, indifferent, thoughtless, unaware, unmindful, unobservant, unwatchful
Main Entry: on the ball
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: alert
Synonyms: active, all ears, attentive, bright, cagey*, careful, clever, good hands, heads up, intelligent, lively, observant, on guard*, on one's toes, on the job, on the lookout, on the stick, perceptive, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, vigilant, watchful, wise, with it*
Main Entry: open-minded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: receptive
Synonyms: approachable, broad-minded, impartial, interested, observant, perceptive, persuadable, tolerant, unbiased, understanding, acceptant, acceptive, open to suggestions, swayable
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