 discerning |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] having or revealing keen insight and good judgment | |
| Examples: | "a discerning critic" "a discerning reader" |
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| Related terms: | undiscerning clear prescient clear-eyed critical discriminating | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic | |
| Synonyms: | discreet | |
| Examples: | "a discerning editor" "a discreet silence" |
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| Related terms: | tactful | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] quick to understand | |
| Synonyms: | apprehensive | |
| Examples: | "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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| Related terms: | perceptive | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive | |
| Synonyms: | fine | |
| Examples: | "discerning taste" "a discerning eye for color" |
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| Related terms: | discriminating | |
| Similar spelling: |
discern discernible discernment discernable Dicranum Dicranales Dickerman diachronic |
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