| ADJECTIVE | all | discerning | having or revealing keen insight and good judgment |
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| all | discerning, discreet | unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic | |
| all | discerning, apprehensive | quick to understand | |
| all | discerning | able to make or detect effects of great subtlety |
| Sounds | dihser'nihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment. | |
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| Narrower | clear, percipient | Characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving |
| clear-eyed, clear-sighted, perspicacious | mentally acute or penetratingly discerning | |
| prescient | perceiving the significance of events before they occur | |
| See also | critical | Characterized by careful evaluation and judgment |
| discriminating | showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste | |
| Opposite | undiscerning | lacking discernment |
| Spanish | perspicaz, sagaz | |
| Meaning | unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic. | |
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| Example | "a discerning editor" | |
| Synonym | discreet | |
| Broader | tactful | Having or showing a sense of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others |
| Spanish | discreto | |
| Meaning | Quick to understand. | |
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| Synonym | apprehensive | |
| Broader | perceptive | Having the ability to perceive or understand |
| Spanish | agudo, perspicaz, sagaz | |
| Meaning | able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive. | |
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| Broader | discriminating | showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment especially in matters of taste |
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