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perceptive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /pəˈsɛptɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pɚˈsɛptɪv/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin perceptīvus.

Meanings

  1. Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
    • He is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most perceptive Degree=Sup lexicographic
more perceptive Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

metaperceptive · photoperceptive · unperceptive · imperceptive · perceptiveness · misperceptive · nonperceptive · visuoperceptive

Relateds

perceive · perceptively · perceptivity · perception

Synonyms

poignant · percipient

Translations (52)

bg схватлив (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · cs vnímavý (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · hu figyelmes (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · pt perceptivo (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · mk про́никлив (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · hu értelmes (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · da opmærksom (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ga léirsteanach (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · grc αἰσθητικός (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · de scharfsinnig (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · da klarsynet (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · la sagāx (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · hu éles szemű (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · it acuto (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ru восприи́мчивый (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ga céadfaíoch (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · it perspicace (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · hu gyors felfogóképességű (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · pt perspicaz (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · la perceptīvus (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · hu jó szemű (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ga braiteach (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · hu jó megfigyelőképességű (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ga grinn (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · nl opmerkzaam (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · hu éles eszű (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ca aperceptiu (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · fr perceptif (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · el οξυδερκής (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · fi tarkkanäköinen (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · es perspicaz (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · hu jó felfogású (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · tr idrak sahibi (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · fi terävä (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · nl scherpzinnig (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ga airitheach (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · fr perspicace (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · sv klarsynt (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ga mothaitheach (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · bg възприемчив (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · mk воспри́емчив (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · fr pertinent (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ro perceptiv (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ga céadfach (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · de einfühlsam (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · ro perspicace (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · hu jó megfigyelő (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · tl watasin (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · la perspicāx (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · fi havaintokykyinen (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · eo akrasenta (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition) · sv insiktsfull (having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition)

perceptive en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /pəˈsɛptɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pɚˈsɛptɪv/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin perceptīvus.

Meanings

  1. A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with concrete observations of reality.
    • Then why not subdivide the reflectives and perceptives into distinct organs having special relations to external objects, as well as divide the intellect into a reflective and a perceptive portion? 1872, The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, page 13:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
perceptives Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

reflective