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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | judicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, thoughtful |
| Synonyms: | accurate, acute, astute, calculating, careful, cautious, circumspect, considerate, considered, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminating, efficacious, enlightened, expedient, far-sighted, informed, judicial, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, prudent, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sober, sophisticated, sound, thorough, wary, well-advised, worldly-wise, clear-sighted, well-judged |
| Antonyms: | foolish, hasty, idiotic, injudicious, irrational, nonsensical, reckless, senseless, thoughtless, unwise |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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