What is another word for discerning?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪsˈɜːnɪŋ], [ dɪsˈɜːnɪŋ], [ d_ɪ_s_ˈɜː_n_ɪ_ŋ]
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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n.
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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.
Paraphrases for Discerning:
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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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