English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

discerning

adjective

1 discerning

Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment.

Roget 498: intelligent [Applied to persons], quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp; quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, ... show more

2 discerning

Unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic:
— A discerning editor.

synonym: discreet.

3 discerning

Quick to understand.

synonym: apprehensive.

4 discerning

Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive.


Moby thesaurus: acute, apperceptive, appercipient, argute, astute, cogent, farseeing, farsighted, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, gnostic, incisive, insightful, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, longsighted ... show more.

Find more on discerning elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0412