Synonyms: perceptive
Definition: having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment
Usage: a perceptive eye; a perceptive observation
Similar words: penetrating, penetrative, incisive, discriminating, piercing, acute, keen, knifelike, sharp
Definition: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Usage: an acute observer of politics and politicians; incisive comments; icy knifelike reasoning; as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang; penetrating insight; frequent penetrative observations
Similar words: apprehensive, discerning
Definition: quick to understand
Usage: a kind and apprehensive friend- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Similar words: apperceptive
Definition: able to relate new percepts to past experience
Similar words: insightful
Definition: exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception
Usage: an insightful parent; the chapter is insightful and suggestive of new perspectives-R.C.Angell
Similar words: observant, observing
Definition: quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception
Similar words: sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, quick-sighted
Definition: keenly perceptive or alert
Usage: quick-sighted into the faults of the time- Leonard Bacon
Similar words: subtle
Definition: able to make fine distinctions
Usage: a subtle mind
Similar words: understanding
Definition: characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy
Usage: an understanding friend