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