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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intuitive, psychic |
| Synonyms: | clear-sighted, discerning, extrasensory, far-sighted, farseeing, fey, judicious, long-sighted, new age, oracular, penetrating, perceptive, prescient, prophetic, second-sighted, sibylline, spiritualistic, telepathic, vatic, visionary |
| Main Entry: | eagle-eyed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | keen-eyed |
| Synonyms: | X-ray eye, clear-sighted, hawk-eyed, observant, perceptive, perspicacious, sharp-eyed |
| Main Entry: | judicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, thoughtful |
| Synonyms: | accurate, acute, astute, calculating, careful, cautious, circumspect, clear-sighted, considerate, considered, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminating, efficacious, enlightened, expedient, far-sighted, informed, judicial, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, prudent, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sober, sophisticated, sound, thorough, wary, well-advised, well-judged, worldly-wise |
| Notes: | judicial means 'pertaining to judges or the courts' and judicious means 'prudent, carefully considered'; judicial refers to judgment as it is exercised by the court, judicious to judgment as exercised by an individual |
| Antonyms: | foolish, hasty, idiotic, injudicious, irrational, nonsensical, reckless, senseless, thoughtless, unwise |
| Main Entry: | observant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alert, watchful |
| Synonyms: | advertent, alive, attentive, bright, clear-sighted, comprehending, considering, contemplating, correct, deducing, detecting, discerning, discovering, discriminating, eager, eagle-eyed, heedful, intelligent, intentive, interested, keen, mindful, not missing a trick, obedient, observative, on one's toes, on the ball, penetrating, perceptive, questioning, quick, regardful, searching, sensitive, sharp, sharp-eyed, surveying, understanding, vigilant, wide-awake |
| Antonyms: | careless, inattentive, indifferent, thoughtless, unaware, unmindful, unobservant, unwatchful |
| Main Entry: | perspicacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | observant, perceptive |
| Synonyms: | acute, alert, astute, aware, clear-sighted, clever, discerning, heady, judicious, keen, penetrating, percipient, sagacious, savvy*, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unobservant, unperceptive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sagacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smart, judicious |
| Synonyms: | acute, apt, astucious, astute, cagey, canny, clear-sighted, clever, cool*, discerning, discriminating, far-sighted, foxy*, gnostic, heady, hip*, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, prudent, rational, sage, sapient, savvy*, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, sophic, wise, witty |
| Antonyms: | careless, foolish, ignorant, stupid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sapient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sagacious |
| Synonyms: | acute, astucious, astute, cagey, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | twenty-twenty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard vision |
| Synonyms: | 20-20, 20/20, clear-sighted, normal vision, normal visual acuity, perfect vision |
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