perceptive
having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
having the power or faculty of perceiving.
of, relating to, or showing perception.
Origin of perceptive
1Other words for perceptive
Other words from perceptive
- per·cep·tive·ly, adverb
- per·cep·tiv·i·ty, per·cep·tive·ness, noun
- non·per·cep·tive, adjective
- non·per·cep·tive·ly, adverb
- non·per·cep·tive·ness, noun
- non·per·cep·tiv·i·ty, noun
- self-per·cep·tive, adjective
- sem·i·per·cep·tive, adjective
- un·per·cep·tive, adjective
- un·per·cep·tive·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with perceptive
- perceptible, perceptive
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How to use perceptive in a sentence
This is lip-gloss misanthropy packaged as feminist manifesto, clever but not smart, cynical without being perceptive or particularly passionate.
Promising Young Woman Starts with a Cathartic Blast. Then It Gets Bogged Down With Cynicism | Stephanie Zacharek | January 15, 2021 | TimeClay is a wonderfully protean performer, as you know if you’ve seen her as a hard-bitten autoworker in Dominique Morisseau’s “Skeleton Crew” at Studio Theatre or as the perceptive housekeeper in “The Little Foxes” on Broadway.
Adrienne Kennedy’s new play, ‘Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side,’ is utterly unique | Peter Marks | January 14, 2021 | Washington Post“Grand Union,” by Zadie SmithSmith’s first short-story collection is a chance to experiment with form and theme, all while employing the perceptive social commentary that has made her a literary success.
October paperback releases: 14 books to read now | Stephanie Merry | October 30, 2020 | Washington PostIt’s eye-opening to listen to a podcast that began in early March, hearing what Rees, Kine and Kimball — three smart, perceptive people — thought was going to happen.
The Election Podcast Trying to Get Everyone to Stop Listening | Fiona Zublin | October 29, 2020 | OzyWell, first of all, you just weren’t that perceptive, probably, Stephen.
Forget Everything You Know About Your Dog (Ep. 436) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 22, 2020 | Freakonomics
All this is not Japanese, but from such accident is Japanese art inspired, with its good luck of perceptiveness.
The Colour of Life | Alice MeynellHe was there for health and recreation, but, realizing the situation with his quick perceptiveness, he took up the gage of battle.
The Abolitionists | John F. HumeBut even he, with all his observant perceptiveness, had failed to penetrate Lilith's magnificent self-command.
The Sign of the Spider | Bertram MitfordHe was a quick, slight child, with fine perceptiveness, and a cool transitoriness in his interest.
The Rainbow | D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceThis unsophisticated girl did it by an innate perceptiveness that was almost genius.
The Mayor of Casterbridge | Thomas Hardy
British Dictionary definitions for perceptive
/ (pəˈsɛptɪv) /
quick at perceiving; observant
perceptual
able to perceive
Derived forms of perceptive
- perceptively, adverb
- perceptiveness or perceptivity, noun
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