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- Dictionaryperceptive/pəˈsɛptɪv/
adjective
- 1. having or showing sensitive insight: "an extraordinarily perceptive account of their relationship"
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PERCEPTIVE definition: 1. very good at noticing and understanding things that many people do not notice: 2. very good at…. Learn more.
The meaning of PERCEPTIVE is responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning. How to use perceptive in a sentence.
If you describe a person or their remarks or thoughts as perceptive, you think that they are good at noticing or realizing things, especially things that are not obvious. He was a most perceptive political commentator.
If someone calls you perceptive, they mean you are good at understanding things or figuring things out. Perceptive people are insightful, intelligent, and able to see what others cannot. Perceive means "to see"; so, perceptive is a word to describe someone who is good at seeing.
Perceptive definition: having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition. See examples of PERCEPTIVE used in a sentence.
PERCEPTIVE meaning: 1. very good at noticing and understanding things that many people do not notice: 2. very good at…. Learn more.
perceptive. adjective. /pəˈseptɪv/ /pərˈseptɪv/ Word Family. (approving) having or showing the ability to see or understand things quickly, especially things that are not obvious. a highly perceptive comment. It was very perceptive of you to notice that. The article gives a perceptive analysis of the way bureaucracies work.
1. having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition. 2. having the power or faculty of perceiving. 3. of, pertaining to, or showing perception. [1650–60; < Latin percept (us) (see percept) + -ive]
perceptive. adjective. uk/pəˈseptɪv/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. quick to notice or understand things: a perceptive writer. (Definition of perceptive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Able to perceive quickly and easily; having keen insight or intuition; penetrating. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Marked by discernment and understanding; sensitive. American Heritage Medicine. Synonyms: wise. insightful. astute. observant. keen. alert. acute. sharp. sensitive. perspicacious. aware. trenchant. probing. penetrating.
