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perceptive

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Meaning

  1. adjective Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
    He is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings.
  2. noun A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with concrete observations of reality.

Similar words

apperceptive discerning insightful discriminating sharp-eyed understanding quick-sighted observing incisive acute

Often followed by

and of faculties analysis enough powers comments faculty in

Word family

perceptively perceptiveness perceptivenesses perceptivities perceptivity

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