What is another word for discerning?
803 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪsˈɜːnɪŋ], [ dɪsˈɜːnɪŋ], [ d_ɪ_s_ˈɜː_n_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for discerning:- acute (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- astute (adjective)
- bright (adjective)
- brilliant (adjective)
- clairvoyant (adjective)
- clever (adjective)
- conscious (adjective)
- critical (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- discreet (adjective)
- discriminating (adjective)
- exquisite (adjective)
- far-sighted (adjective)
- farsighted (adjective)
- fastidious (adjective)
- insightful (adjective)
- intelligent (adjective)
- judicious (adjective)
- knowing (adjective)
- knowledgeable (adjective)
- logical (adjective)
- nice (adjective)
- observant (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- overcritical (adjective)
- penetrating (adjective)
- perceptive (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- prudent (adjective)
- quick (adjective)
- rational (adjective)
- realizing (adjective)
- refined (adjective)
- right (adjective)
- ruminative (adjective)
- sagacious (adjective)
- sage (adjective)
- sane (adjective)
- selective (adjective)
- self-conscious (adjective)
- sensible (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- shrewd (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- understanding (adjective)
- wise (adjective)
- apprehensive (noun)
- clear-eyed (noun)
- common-sense (noun)
- discerning (noun)
- far-sighted (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- rumination (noun)
- thought (noun)
- discriminating (verb)
- knowing (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- seeing (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Discerning:
adj.
•acute (adjective)- in tenser,
- in-tense,
- quickwitted,
- in-tensest,
- in-tenser,
- quick witted,
- more acute,
- in tense,
- in tensest.
- prescient,
- intuitive,
- visionary,
- second-sighted,
- forseeing,
- prophetic,
- farseeing,
- Long-sighted,
- clearsighted,
- longsighted,
- sibylline,
- spiritualistic,
- clear-sighted,
- extrasensory,
- provident,
- telepathic,
- foresighted,
- prognostic.
- witty,
- slick,
- nobodys fool,
- dexterousdextrous,
- most egghead,
- manysided,
- quick trigger,
- most crackerjack,
- more skilled,
- more crackerjack,
- many sided,
- pro,
- nobody's fool,
- re sourceful,
- most capable,
- re-sourceful,
- nobody fool,
- more egghead,
- dexterous dextrous,
- dexterous-dextrous.
- in-formed,
- most percipient,
- more apprised,
- on to,
- more informed,
- more supraliminal,
- most apperceptive,
- more witting,
- most felt,
- re-cognizing,
- re cognizing,
- more remarking,
- re marking,
- more felt,
- most apprised,
- re-marking,
- more apperceptive,
- able recognize,
- most witting,
- supra-liminal,
- supra liminal,
- more aesthetic,
- most supraliminal,
- more recognizing,
- most remarking,
- most recognizing,
- more percipient,
- in formed.
- sensitive,
- Precautious,
- worldly wise,
- not rash,
- non-committal,
- on lookout,
- like a clam,
- gingerly,
- having foresight.
- gnostic,
- sharp,
- penetrating,
- choicy,
- selective,
- opinionated,
- subtle,
- finical,
- discriminative,
- piercing.
- in comparable,
- in-comparable,
- more recherche,
- most recherche,
- matchless,
- out standing,
- incomparable.
- mincing,
- choosy,
- delicate,
- severe,
- particular,
- fussy,
- rigorous,
- accurate,
- precise,
- dainty,
- picky,
- correct,
- prim,
- Qualmish,
- proper,
- punctilious,
- finicky,
- meticulous,
- epicurean,
- fastidious,
- exacting,
- flawless,
- demanding,
- prudish,
- squeamish,
- persnickety,
- literal,
- careful,
- scrupulous,
- hypercritical,
- methodical,
- diligent,
- conscientious,
- priggish.
- ear to ground,
- knows what what,
- knows whats what,
- more penetrative,
- ear the ground,
- most penetrative,
- ear ground.
- more well judged,
- well-judged,
- judicial,
- most well-judged,
- most well judged,
- welljudged,
- welladvised,
- more well-judged,
- most welljudged,
- more welljudged,
- well judged.
- in know,
- most knowledgeable,
- more posted,
- wellrounded,
- well rounded,
- more abreast,
- most posted,
- well-rounded,
- plugged in,
- most abreast.
- most likely,
- ex-tensional,
- more wellorganized,
- most juridicious,
- ex tensional,
- more well-organized,
- wellorganized,
- well organized,
- logical,
- most extensional,
- re levant,
- most well organized,
- most well-organized,
- most wellorganized,
- more well organized,
- re-levant,
- more juridicious,
- holding together,
- more extensional.
- be-coming,
- wellbred,
- well-bred,
- ex act,
- de-cent,
- well bred,
- most finicking,
- be-fitting,
- ex-act,
- de cent,
- more finicking.
- more sharp eyed,
- more intentive,
- most sharp-eyed,
- sharp eyed,
- most detecting,
- dis-covering,
- more questioning,
- not missing trick,
- most advertent,
- more sharp-eyed,
- dis covering,
- more surveying,
- most sharp eyed,
- most deducing,
- more advertent,
- most sharpeyed,
- on ones toes,
- more deducing,
- most intentive,
- most contemplating,
- most surveying,
- more detecting,
- more observative,
- eagle eyed,
- more sharpeyed,
- most questioning,
- eagleeyed,
- on one toes,
- more contemplating,
- most observative,
- more discovering,
- most discovering,
- sharpeyed.
- on the inside,
- judgmatic,
- far-seeing,
- in on,
- advertent,
- percipient,
- cognitive,
- knowing,
- clever,
- shark,
- up to par,
- smart as a whip,
- not missing a trick,
- perceptive,
- intelligent,
- whipper,
- Intentive,
- conscious,
- critical,
- Museful,
- quick on the draw,
- understanding,
- acute,
- recherche,
- brilliant,
- having all one's marbles,
- ear to the ground,
- Observative,
- astute,
- witting,
- coolheaded,
- matter of fact,
- insightful,
- knows what's what,
- extensional,
- able to recognize,
- be fitting,
- up on,
- juridicious,
- knowledgeable,
- tuned in,
- penetrative,
- profound,
- Realizing,
- quick on trigger,
- wise to,
- sage,
- savvy,
- farsighted,
- quick on the uptake,
- on one's toes,
- out-standing,
- high-brow,
- sane,
- thoughtful,
- in the know,
- rational,
- sensible,
- well thought out,
- insighted,
- perspicacious,
- on toes,
- wise,
- well-thought-out,
- deep,
- supraliminal,
- quick on the trigger,
- well-organized,
- sensitive to,
- lost in thought,
- well advised,
- on top of,
- philosophic,
- hep to,
- in right mind,
- prudent,
- Acroamatic,
- nimble-witted,
- in good health,
- exquisite,
- discreet,
- sharp-eyed,
- in the pink,
- probing,
- deductive,
- be coming,
- thinking twice,
- judicious,
- holding water,
- hedging one's bets,
- sharp as a tack,
- shrewd,
- nice,
- refined,
- clairvoyant,
- sagacious,
- alive to,
- Finicking,
- well-reasoned.
- more nimble witted,
- most nimble-witted,
- quick the draw,
- quick on draw,
- more nimble-witted,
- nimble witted,
- nimblewitted,
- quick draw,
- most nimblewitted,
- quick the trigger,
- most nimble witted,
- quickest,
- smart as whip,
- more nimblewitted.
- most appreciating,
- more apprehending,
- more finding,
- most apprehending,
- more appreciating,
- most finding,
- being aware.
- high minded,
- most high brow,
- most high-brow,
- re fined,
- more high-brow,
- high brow,
- well mannered,
- more high brow,
- re-fined,
- sub-lime,
- sub lime,
- highminded.
- of sound mind,
- both oars in water,
- playing with full deck,
- in one's right mind,
- having all marbles,
- oriented.
- having one marbles,
- most well thought out,
- more well thought out,
- most well-reasoned,
- having all one marbles,
- more well-reasoned,
- more well-thought-out,
- having one's marbles,
- more wellreasoned,
- more well reasoned,
- wellreasoned,
- well reasoned,
- having ones marbles,
- most well-thought-out,
- most well reasoned,
- having all ones marbles,
- most wellreasoned.
- shrewdest,
- on inside,
- more argute,
- wised up,
- under-hand,
- in side,
- sharkest,
- Sharker,
- under hand,
- most argute.
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- smart.
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- value.
v.
•discriminating (verb) •knowing (verb) •Other relevant words: (verb) •seeing (verb)Other synonyms:
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- brainy,
- quick-witted,
- learned,
- agile,
- inquiring,
- resourceful,
- razor-sharp,
- canny,
- pointy-headed,
- precocious,
- lively,
- receptive,
- nimble,
- inquisitive,
- Sharp-witted,
- inventive,
- thought,
- able,
- academic,
- original,
- observant,
- rapier,
- imaginative,
- owlish,
- donnish,
- bright,
- ingenious,
- quick,
- reflective.
- broadsword,
- adept,
- dignified,
- difficult,
- perspicaciously,
- forethoughtful,
- arrange,
- grow,
- courtly,
- coy,
- sword,
- intelligible,
- overcritical,
- gifted,
- sensing,
- sober,
- educate,
- intellectual,
- apprehending clearly,
- lucid,
- letters,
- hip,
- cautious,
- loving,
- erudition,
- perceptively,
- pastry,
- analytical,
- permeate,
- dapper,
- ruminative,
- intense,
- rumination,
- fathom,
- reasonable,
- alert,
- contending,
- Glaive,
- ratiocinative,
- cultivate,
- polite,
- lynx-eyed,
- destroy,
- arch,
- highbrow,
- attentive,
- wide-awake,
- urbane,
- heedful,
- deft,
- educated,
- right,
- commonsensical,
- recognising,
- apperceptive,
- administer,
- Puristic,
- well-advised,
- Examining,
- queasy,
- elegant,
- keen-eyed,
- discriminatory,
- collected,
- devastate,
- banging,
- superior,
- chesterfieldian,
- debonair,
- bonking,
- perspicuous,
- diplomatic,
- humping,
- fucking,
- wily,
- blade,
- fulgurating,
- knowledge,
- judging,
- accomplished,
- wary,
- alive,
- suave,
- artistic,
- facile,
- despoil,
- cultivated,
- watchful,
- break,
- demolish,
- learning,
- bore,
- completing,
- creative,
- civilized,
- penetrate,
- necking,
- crafty,
- infiltrate,
- appercipient,
- deprive,
- advanced,
- Acknowledging,
- guarded,
- Keying,
- talented,
- coping,
- understandable,
- responsive,
- fine,
- Espying,
- artful,
- searching,
- Discerningly,
- au fait,
- considered,
- expert,
- sighted,
- vigilant,
- long-headed,
- trenchant,
- detecting,
- competent,
- sapient,
- fill,
- cope,
- Describing,
- Bilbo,
- adroit,
- education,
- grappling,
- streetwise,
- keen-sighted,
- considerate,
- well turned out,
- pervade,
- Selecting,
- saber,
- spotting,
- cognizant,
- issuing,
- lead,
- Keen-witted,
- screwing,
- modest,
- tuck,
- feeling,
- manage,
- Longheaded,
- Daedalian,
- polished,
- sharp-sighted,
- accomplish,
- express,
- incisive,
- well-read,
- Descrying,
- beautiful,
- skilful,
- choice,
- well-versed,
- sound,
- Appreciating,
- eclectic,
- cunning,
- needlelike,
- masterful,
- foil,
- Managing,
- select,
- informed,
- awake,
- anxious,
- Noticing,
- discriminatingly,
- foreseeing,
- Discovering,
- Well-born,
- worried,
- enlightened,
- manipulative,
- cultured,
- food,
- imbue,
- sophisticated,
- pass through,
- judiciously,
- Accrediting,
- genteel,
- aware,
- penetratingly,
- explicit,
- demure,
- handsome,
- falchion,
- calculated,
- skilled,
- scimitar,
- effing,
- Argute,
- hawk-eyed,
- scholarly,
- handle,
- politic,
- erudite,
- Noting,
- naming,
- comely,
- perforate,
- jazzing,
- on the ball,
- courteous,
- eagle-eyed,
- sly,
- steel,
- bedding,
- greeting,
- cutlass,
- sharply,
- specific,
- circumspect,
- tasteful,
- dexterous,
- brand,
- graceful,
- cogent,
- victorian,
- high-born,
- calculating,
- acquisition,
- well-educated,
- DO.
Paraphrases for Discerning:
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Independent
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Adjective
incisive, exacting, knowledgeable, challenging, far-sighted, sophisticated, stringent, informed, smart, smarter, compute-intensive, clever, well-informed, aggressive, savvy, critical.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Recognizing, communicating, pinpointing, Establishing, Experiencing, publicizing, know, knowing, determing, Capturing, voicing.
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Verb, base form
recognize.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
judicious, insightful, demanding, astute, perceptive, intelligent, shrewd.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
distinguishing, Ascertaining, understanding.
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Verb, base form
distinguish.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Discerning:
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adj.
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undiscerning.
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discriminating
ignorant, unaware, negligent, stupid, Disregardful, neglectful, undiscriminating, idiotic, unintelligent, overlooking.
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Other antonyms:
feebleminded, purblind, indiscriminating, unperceiving, moronic, tactless, blind, foolish, woodenheaded, untactful, stolid, silly, imbecile, thoughtless, shallow, brainless.
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