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| Main Entry: |
perceptiveness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discernment |
| Synonyms: | acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discrimination, eye*, insight, judgment, keenness, nose*, penetration, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness, understanding, wit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | savvy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shrewdness |
| Synonyms: | acumen, awareness, comprehension, discernment, experience, grasp, grip, insight, intellect, intelligence, judgment, know-how, knowing, knowledge, mastery, perception, perceptiveness, sense, sharpness, smarts, understanding |
| Main Entry: | sensibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsiveness; ability to feel |
| Synonyms: | affection, appreciation, awareness, discernment, emotion, feeling, gut reaction, heart*, insight, intuition, judgment, keenness, perceptiveness, rationale, sensation, sense, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sentiment, susceptibility, taste, vibes |
| Antonyms: | apathy, indifference, insensibility, lethargy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | understanding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | comprehension, appreciation |
| Synonyms: | acumen, apperception, apprehension, assimilation, awareness, decipherment, discernment, discrimination, grasp, grip, insight, intellect, intelligence, intuition, judgment, ken, knowing, knowledge, mastery, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, percipience, perspicacity, prehension, realization, reason, recognition, savvy, sense, sharpness, wit |
| Antonyms: | misinterpretation, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | clear-sightedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discernment |
| Synonyms: | acumen, astuteness, discrimination, insightfulness, judgment, keenness, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness |
| Main Entry: | percipience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discernment |
| Synonyms: | acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discrimination, eye*, insight, judgment, keenness, nose*, penetration, perceptiveness, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness, understanding, wit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | percipiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discernment |
| Synonyms: | acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discrimination, eye*, insight, judgment, keenness, nose*, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness, understanding, wit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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