Sarah was discerning enough to realize that her friends were trying to prank her.
Source: tatoeba (1916)
Discerning
//dɪˈsɜː.nɪŋ//
Synonyms for "discerning" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- прозорлив adj (of keen insight)
- проницателен adj (of keen insight)
Finnish
1 entries- arvostelukykyinen adj (of keen insight)
German
4 entries- anspruchsvoll adj (of keen insight)
- aufgeweckt adj (of keen insight)
- erkennend adj (of keen insight)
- kennerhaft adj (of keen insight)
Hungarian
1 entries- igényes adj (of keen insight)
Latin
1 entries- sapiens adj (of keen insight)
Macedonian
1 entries- про́никлив adj (of keen insight)
Portuguese
3 entries- astuto adj (of keen insight)
- perspicaz adj (of keen insight)
- sagaz adj (of keen insight)
Spanish
2 entries- discernidor adj (of keen insight)
- discerniente adj (of keen insight)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The discerning customer will appreciate our new range of quality clothing.
Source: wiktionary
Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, [...]
Source: wiktionary
Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied
Source: wiktionary
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