perceptive
1Perceptive — Per*cep tive, a. [Cf. F. perceptif.] Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception. His perceptive and reflective faculties. Motley. [1913 Webster] …
2perceptive — I adjective acute, apperceptive, apprehensive, astute, aware, cognitive, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, discerning, discriminating, discriminative, easily affected, feeling, impressible, impressionable, keen, knowing, mindful, percipient,… …
3perceptive — 1650s, from L. percept , pp. stem of percipere (see PERCEIVE (Cf. perceive)) + IVE (Cf. ive) …
4perceptive — [adj] alert, sensitive 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,… …
5perceptive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or showing acute insight. DERIVATIVES perceptively adverb perceptiveness noun …
6perceptive — [pər sep′tiv] adj. [ML perceptivus] 1. of or capable of perception 2. able to perceive quickly and easily; having keen insight or intuition; penetrating perceptively adv. perceptiveness n. perceptivity [pʉr΄sep tiv′ə tē] …
7perceptive — adj. 1) perceptive of (that observation was very perceptive of her) 2) perceptive to + inf. (it was perceptive of them to grasp our meaning) * * * [pə septɪv] perceptive to + inf. (it was perceptive of them to grasp our meaning) perceptive of… …
8perceptive — per|cep|tive [pəˈseptıv US pər ] adj someone who is perceptive notices things quickly and understands situations, people s feelings etc well used to show approval ▪ a perceptive young man ▪ highly perceptive comments ▪ You re right. That s very… …
9perceptive — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ highly ▪ a highly …
10perceptive — per|cep|tive [ pər septıv ] adjective 1. ) able to notice or understand things quickly and easily: Children can be amazingly perceptive about adults moods. 2. ) a perceptive remark or piece of writing is intelligent and shows good judgment: It… …
