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perceptive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective perceptive has 2 senses
- perceptive(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to perception; "perceptive faculties" Derived forms verb perceive1, noun perceptiveness2, noun perceptiveness1
- perceptive(a = adj.all) Array - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation" Derived forms verb perceive2, noun perceptiveness4, noun perceptiveness3, noun perceptiveness1, noun perceptivity1
Antonym: unperceptive
CIDE DICTIONARY
perceptive, a. [Cf. F. perceptif.].
Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception. Motley. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
perceptive, adj.
1 capable of perceiving.
2 sensitive; discerning; observant (a perceptive remark).
1 capable of perceiving.
2 sensitive; discerning; observant (a perceptive remark).
Derivative
perceptively adv. perceptiveness n. perceptivity n.
Etymology
med.L perceptivus (as PERCEIVE)
THESAURUS
perceptive
acute, alert, alive, alive to, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, argute, astute, attentive, aware, cogent, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, discerning, farseeing, farsighted, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, gnostic, impressible, impressionable, impressive, incisive, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, longsighted, mindful, observant, omniscient, on the ball, penetrating, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, prehensile, prehensive, provident, quick, quick-witted, receptive, responsive, sagacious, sage, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sensitive to, sentient, sharp, shrewd, sophic, susceptible, susceptive, trenchant, understanding, wiseROGET THESAURUS
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Physical Sensibility
N physical sensibility, sensibility, sensitiveness, physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics, moral sensibility, sensation, impression, consciousness, external senses, sensible, sensitive, sensuous, aesthetic, perceptive, sentient, conscious, acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned, to the quick, the touch'd needle trembles to the pole.
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