| Main Entry: | insightful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceptive |
Synonyms: |
alert, astute, awake, aware, brainy, conscious, cute, discerning, ear to the ground, intelligent, intuitive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, knows what's what, observant, penetrating, penetrative, quick, responsive, savvy, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, smart, tuned in, understanding, wise |
| Main Entry: | acute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply perceptive |
Synonyms: |
astute, canny, clever, discerning, discriminating, incisive, ingenious, insightful, intense, intuitive, judicious, keen, observant, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, quick-witted, sensitive, sharp, smart, subtle |
| Notes: | acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments |
Antonyms: |
dense, imperceptive, insensitive, obtuse, slow, stupid |
| Main Entry: | astute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceptive |
Synonyms: |
adroit, brainy, bright, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, discerning, foxy, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, not born yesterday, on the ball, perspicacious, quick on the uptake, sagacious, savvy, sharp, sharp as a tack, shrewd, sly |
Antonyms: |
asinine, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, obtuse, shallow, stupid, thick, unintelligent |
| 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: | 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, percipient, qualified, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophic, sophisticated, tuned-in, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, with-it, witting, worldly, worldly-wise |
Antonyms: |
inexperienced, unaware, uncognizant, unknowing |
| Main Entry: | knowledgeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aware, educated |
Synonyms: |
abreast, acquainted, alert, appreciative, apprised, au courant, au fait, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, conscious, conversant, discerning, erudite, experienced, familiar, in the know, informed, insightful, intelligent, knowing, learned, lettered, omniscient, perceptive, plugged in, posted, prescient, privy, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, savvy, scholarly, sensible, sharp, smart, sophic, sophisticated, tuned-in, understanding, versed, well-informed, well-rounded, wise, with-it |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, unaware, uneducated, uninformed |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | sage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise |
Synonyms: |
astute, aware, careful, clever, contemplative, cunning, discerning, educated, enlightened, experienced, foresighted, informed, insightful, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, reflective, sagacious, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, thoughtful, understanding |
| Main Entry: | sapient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sagacious |
Synonyms: |
acute, astucious, astute, cagey, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise |