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perspicacity

noun

1 perspicacity

Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings).

synonyms: astuteness, perspicaciousness, shrewdness.

Roget 441: vision, sight, optics, eyesight.    view, look, espial, glance, ken [Scot.], coup d'oeil [Fr.]; glimpse, glint, peep; gaze, ... show more

Dutch: geslepenheid, sluwheid, scherpzinnigheid
Polish: przemyślność, zmyślność

2 perspicacity

The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.

synonyms: judgement, judgment, sound judgement, sound judgment.

Roget 498: intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding; cuteness, sabe [U.S.], savvy [U.S.]; intellect etc. 450; nous [Fr.], parts, sagacity, mother wit, ... show more

Polish: przenikliwość


Moby thesaurus: acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, astuteness, clear sight, cogency, color vision, cone vision, critical discernment, day vision, daylight vision, discernment, discrimination, eye, eye-mindedness, eyesight, farseeingness, farsight, farsightedness ... show more.

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