perceptive

[ per-sep-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.

  2. having the power or faculty of perceiving.

  1. of, relating to, or showing perception.

Origin of perceptive

1
1650–60; <Latin percept(us) (see percept) + -ive

Other 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

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British Dictionary definitions for perceptive

perceptive

/ (pəˈsɛptɪv) /


adjective
  1. quick at perceiving; observant

  2. perceptual

  1. able to perceive

Derived forms of perceptive

  • perceptively, adverb
  • perceptiveness or perceptivity, noun

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