A really perceptive person can figure out a whole situation with just a few clues. That's the kind of person I want you to become.
Source: tatoeba (27846)
Perceptive
//pəˈsɛptɪv//
Synonyms for "perceptive" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
8 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
49 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- αἰσθητικός adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Bulgarian
2 entries- възприемчив adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- схватлив adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Catalan
1 entries- aperceptiu adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Czech
1 entries- vnímavý adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Danish
2 entries- klarsynet adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- opmærksom adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Dutch
2 entries- opmerkzaam adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- scherpzinnig adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Esperanto
1 entries- akrasenta adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Finnish
3 entries- havaintokykyinen adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- tarkkanäköinen adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- terävä adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
French
2 entries- perspicace adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- pertinent adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
German
2 entries- einfühlsam adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- scharfsinnig adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Greek
1 entries- οξυδερκής adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Hungarian
4 entries- figyelmes adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- gyors felfogóképességű adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- jó felfogású adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- jó megfigyelő adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Irish
4 entries- airitheach adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- braiteach adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- céadfach adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- céadfaíoch adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Italian
2 entries- acuto adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- perspicace adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Latin
1 entries- sagāx adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Macedonian
2 entries- воспри́емчив adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- про́никлив adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Portuguese
2 entries- perceptivo adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- perspicaz adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Romanian
2 entries- perceptiv adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- perspicace adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Russian
1 entries- восприи́мчивый adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Spanish
1 entries- perspicaz adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Swedish
2 entries- insiktsfull adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
- klarsynt adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Tagalog
1 entries- watasin adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Turkish
1 entries- idrak sahibi adj (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Too much alcohol paralyzes our perceptive powers.
Source: tatoeba (275005)
Tom is a very perceptive man.
Source: tatoeba (1025129)
Tom is very perceptive.
Source: tatoeba (1093410)
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