| Main Entry: | discerning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discriminating |
Synonyms: |
acute, astute, bright, brilliant, clear-sighted, clever, critical, gnostic, ingenious, insighted, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, penetrating, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, sagacious, sage, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise |
Antonyms: |
disregardful, neglectful, negligent, overlooking, undiscerning, undiscriminating |
| 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: | sagacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smart, judicious |
Synonyms: |
acute, apt, astucious, astute, cagey, canny, clear-sighted, clever, cool*, discerning, discriminating, far-sighted, foxy*, gnostic, heady, hip*, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, prudent, rational, sage, sapient, savvy*, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, sophic, wise, witty |
Antonyms: |
careless, foolish, ignorant, stupid |