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PERCEPTIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
Example:
a perceptive observation
Classified under:
Similar:
acute; discriminating; incisive; keen; knifelike; penetrating; penetrative; piercing; sharp (having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions)
apprehensive; discerning (quick to understand)
apperceptive (able to relate new percepts to past experience)
insightful (exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception)
observant; observing (quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception)
quick-sighted; sharp-eyed; sharp-sighted (keenly perceptive or alert)
subtle (able to make fine distinctions)
understanding (characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy)
Antonym:
unperceptive (lacking perception)
Derivation:
perceive (become conscious of)
perceptiveness (the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding)
perceptiveness (perception of that which is obscure)
perceptiveness; perceptivity (a feeling of understanding)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to perception
Example:
perceptive faculties
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
perception (becoming aware of something via the senses)
Derivation:
perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
perceptiveness (delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values))
perceptiveness (a feeling of understanding)
