Synonyms for Discerning:

• adj.

  •acute (adjective)
  • in tenser,
  • in-tense,
  • quickwitted,
  • in-tensest,
  • in-tenser,
  • quick witted,
  • more acute,
  • in tense,
  • in tensest.
  •all (adjective)
  • discerning.
  •astute (adjective)
  • quick on uptake,
  • quick uptake,
  • on ball,
  • quick the uptake,
  • sharp as tack,
  • foxy.
  •bright (adjective)
  • eggheaded,
  • wideawake,
  • having smarts,
  • Clear-headed.
  •brilliant (adjective)
  • most genius,
  • whippest,
  • more talented,
  • more genius.
  •clairvoyant (adjective)
  • prescient,
  • intuitive,
  • visionary,
  • second-sighted,
  • forseeing,
  • prophetic,
  • farseeing,
  • Long-sighted,
  • clearsighted,
  • longsighted,
  • sibylline,
  • spiritualistic,
  • clear-sighted,
  • extrasensory,
  • provident,
  • telepathic,
  • foresighted,
  • prognostic.
  •clever (adjective)
  • 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.
  •conscious (adjective)
  • 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.
  •critical (adjective)
  • discriminating,
  • Cavillous,
  • nit-picking,
  • reproachful,
  • Exceptive,
  • calumniatory.
  •deep (adjective)
  • hermetic,
  • hard to understand,
  • orphic.
  •discreet (adjective)
  • sensitive,
  • Precautious,
  • worldly wise,
  • not rash,
  • non-committal,
  • on lookout,
  • like a clam,
  • gingerly,
  • having foresight.
  •discriminating (adjective)
  • gnostic,
  • sharp,
  • penetrating,
  • choicy,
  • selective,
  • opinionated,
  • subtle,
  • finical,
  • discriminative,
  • piercing.
  •exquisite (adjective)
  • in comparable,
  • in-comparable,
  • more recherche,
  • most recherche,
  • matchless,
  • out standing,
  • incomparable.
  •far-sighted (adjective)
  • well-balanced,
  • far sighted,
  • well balanced,
  • cool headed,
  • wellbalanced,
  • levelheaded.
  •farsighted (adjective)
  • far seeing,
  • most far-seeing,
  • most far seeing,
  • more far seeing,
  • more far-seeing.
  •fastidious (adjective)
  • 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.
  •insightful (adjective)
  • ear to ground,
  • knows what what,
  • knows whats what,
  • more penetrative,
  • ear the ground,
  • most penetrative,
  • ear ground.
  •intelligent (adjective)
  • more intelligent,
  • keen,
  • all there,
  • well-informed.
  •judicious (adjective)
  • more well judged,
  • well-judged,
  • judicial,
  • most well-judged,
  • most well judged,
  • welljudged,
  • welladvised,
  • more well-judged,
  • most welljudged,
  • more welljudged,
  • well judged.
  •knowing (adjective)
  • with-it,
  • tuned-in,
  • Sophic.
  •knowledgeable (adjective)
  • in know,
  • most knowledgeable,
  • more posted,
  • wellrounded,
  • well rounded,
  • more abreast,
  • most posted,
  • well-rounded,
  • plugged in,
  • most abreast.
  •logical (adjective)
  • 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.
  •nice (adjective)
  • be-coming,
  • wellbred,
  • well-bred,
  • ex act,
  • de-cent,
  • well bred,
  • most finicking,
  • be-fitting,
  • ex-act,
  • de cent,
  • more finicking.
  •observant (adjective)
  • 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.
  •overcritical (adjective)
  • over critical.
  •penetrating (adjective)
  • sharpwitted,
  • sharp witted.
  •perceptive (adjective)
  • in-sighted,
  • more insighted,
  • most insighted,
  • more gnostic,
  • most gnostic,
  • in sighted.
  •profound (adjective)
  • most acroamatic,
  • pro founder,
  • pro-founder,
  • pro found,
  • pro-found,
  • more acroamatic.
  •prudent (adjective)
  • hedging bets,
  • hedging ones bets,
  • most judgmatic,
  • hedging one bets,
  • more judgmatic,
  • tactical.
  •quick (adjective)
  • 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.
  •rational (adjective)
  • more deductive,
  • most cognitive,
  • most reasoning,
  • more reasoning,
  • most deductive,
  • more cognitive.
  •realizing (adjective)
  • most appreciating,
  • more apprehending,
  • more finding,
  • most apprehending,
  • more appreciating,
  • most finding,
  • being aware.
  •refined (adjective)
  • 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.
  •right (adjective)
  • un impaired,
  • un-impaired,
  • up par,
  • in pink.
  •ruminative (adjective)
  • in a brown study,
  • in brown study.
  •sagacious (adjective)
  • Astucious,
  • most astucious,
  • more astucious.
  •sage (adjective)
  • fore-sighted,
  • fore sighted.
  •sane (adjective)
  • of sound mind,
  • both oars in water,
  • playing with full deck,
  • in one's right mind,
  • having all marbles,
  • oriented.
  •selective (adjective)
  • dis-criminatory,
  • dis criminatory.
  •self-conscious (adjective)
  • self-aware.
  •sensible (adjective)
  • 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.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • smart as a tack.
  •shrewd (adjective)
  • shrewdest,
  • on inside,
  • more argute,
  • wised up,
  • under-hand,
  • in side,
  • sharkest,
  • Sharker,
  • under hand,
  • most argute.
  •thoughtful (adjective)
  • de liberative,
  • more museful,
  • more pondering,
  • more reflecting,
  • lost thought,
  • pre-occupied,
  • pre occupied,
  • in tent,
  • most museful,
  • most reflecting,
  • most pondering,
  • de-liberative.
  •understanding (adjective)
  • more understanding,
  • under-standing,
  • under standing.
  •wise (adjective)
  • wisest,
  • most sensing,
  • more sensing.

• n.

  •
  • smart.
  •
  • value.
  •apprehensive (noun)
  • apprehensive.
  •clear-eyed (noun)
  • clear-eyed.
  •common-sense (noun)
  • common sense.
  •discerning (noun)
  • tactful,
  • clear.
  •far-sighted (noun)
  • far-sighted.
  •rumination (noun)
  • excogitation.
  •thought (noun)
  • inducing,
  • seeings,
  • ideations,
  • theorizations,
  • introspection,
  • knowings,
  • ideation,
  • theorization.

• v.

  •discriminating (verb)
  • Separating,
  • differentiating,
  • setting apart,
  • distinguishing.
  •knowing (verb)
  • grasping,
  • Comprehending,
  • Recognizing.
  •seeing (verb)
  • glaring,
  • observing,
  • viewing,
  • Gazing,
  • looking,
  • staring,
  • peeking,
  • Witnessing,
  • beholding,
  • watching,
  • Peering,
  • Glancing,
  • Glimpsing,
  • Inspecting,
  • spying,
  • Perceiving,
  • sighting,
  • regarding,
  • seeing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • 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.
  •
  • apt,
  • ripe,
  • luminous.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    incisive, exacting, knowledgeable, challenging, far-sighted, sophisticated, stringent, informed, smart, smarter, compute-intensive, clever, well-informed, aggressive, savvy, critical.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Recognizing, communicating, pinpointing, Establishing, Experiencing, publicizing, know, knowing, determing, Capturing, voicing.
  • Verb, base form
    recognize.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    judicious, insightful, demanding, astute, perceptive, intelligent, shrewd.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    distinguishing, Ascertaining, understanding.
  • Verb, base form
    distinguish.

Antonyms for Discerning:

• adj.

  • all
    undiscerning.
  • discriminating
    ignorant, unaware, negligent, stupid, Disregardful, neglectful, undiscriminating, idiotic, unintelligent, overlooking.
  • Other antonyms:
    feebleminded, purblind, indiscriminating, unperceiving, moronic, tactless, blind, foolish, woodenheaded, untactful, stolid, silly, imbecile, thoughtless, shallow, brainless.

Homophones for Discerning:

• decree nisi, dichromasy, dicranaceae, disarming, dichromacy, dacrymyces, disharmonize, diagramming, disarrange, dog wrench, disharmonious, diachronic.