Definition for Discernment:

• The power of distinguishing one thing from another, as truth from falsehood; power of perceiving differences in things or ideas.

Synonyms for Discernment:

• n.

  •
  • common sense.
  •
  • wit,
  • nose.
  •cognition (noun)
  • apprehension,
  • savvy,
  • perceptiveness.
  •discernment (noun)
  • judgement,
  • appreciation.
  •discrimination (noun)
  • demarcation,
  • separation,
  • segregation.
  •elegance (noun)
  • urbanity,
  • courtliness.
  •feeling (noun)
  • empathy.
  •foresight (noun)
  • longsightedness,
  • discreetness.
  •gumption (noun)
  • perspicaciousness,
  • horse sense.
  •intelligence (noun)
  • trenchancy.
  •intuition (noun)
  • clairvoyance.
  •knowledge (noun)
  • scholarship.
  •vision (noun)
  • inspection,
  • outlook,
  • seeing,
  • regarding,
  • observation,
  • viewpoint,
  • eyesight,
  • Witnessing,
  • watching,
  • sight.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Percipiency,
  • Clear-sightedness.
  •
  • astuteness.
  •
  • sense,
  • culture.
  •consciousness
  • awareness.
  •Other relevant words:
  • excellence,
  • disclose,
  • capacity,
  • aptitude,
  • clearness,
  • foresightedness,
  • education,
  • declare,
  • knowing,
  • sightedness,
  • importance,
  • estimation,
  • brainstorm,
  • daylight vision,
  • condemn,
  • peripheral vision,
  • acuteness,
  • shrewdness,
  • keenness,
  • peripheral field,
  • blame,
  • worldliness,
  • scotopia,
  • grasp,
  • conception,
  • consume,
  • bearing,
  • consciousness,
  • perspicaciously,
  • Cosmopolitanism,
  • sound judgment,
  • savoir-faire,
  • gustatory perception,
  • subtlety,
  • style,
  • stylishness,
  • farsightedness,
  • scholarliness,
  • assessment,
  • scope,
  • sanity,
  • SABE,
  • diplomacy,
  • background,
  • apperception,
  • thinker,
  • diagnosis,
  • dread,
  • perceptively,
  • Sound Judgement,
  • mind,
  • gentility,
  • adroitness,
  • urbaneness,
  • taking into custody,
  • sensitiveness,
  • cultural,
  • critique,
  • field of vision,
  • sensibleness,
  • apprehensiveness,
  • suaveness,
  • brain,
  • pinch,
  • selectivity,
  • imagination,
  • night vision,
  • rationality,
  • sense of taste,
  • identify,
  • demolish,
  • care,
  • parts,
  • preference,
  • decorum,
  • presence,
  • mouthful,
  • prescience,
  • distinguish,
  • class,
  • purview,
  • discriminatingly,
  • circumspection,
  • brightness,
  • mental capacity,
  • Perspicacy,
  • merit,
  • clear-headedness,
  • sharpness,
  • visual acuity,
  • criticism,
  • slightness,
  • gustatory sensation,
  • Dexterousness,
  • reasonableness,
  • politeness,
  • ethnic,
  • Discerningly,
  • sympathy,
  • politesse,
  • selection,
  • field of view,
  • get,
  • Diorism,
  • learning,
  • providence,
  • suavity,
  • recognition,
  • discover,
  • expert,
  • quickness,
  • break,
  • skill,
  • catch,
  • grace,
  • decency,
  • allow,
  • sharply,
  • nous,
  • acknowledge,
  • braininess,
  • sapience,
  • sweep,
  • consideration,
  • esprit,
  • mother wit,
  • admit,
  • grey matter,
  • insightfulness,
  • identification,
  • prestige,
  • reveal,
  • judicial decision,
  • penetratingly,
  • misgiving,
  • realize,
  • taste perception,
  • thoughtfulness,
  • collar,
  • sophistication,
  • refinement,
  • horizon,
  • frame of mind,
  • nuances,
  • twilight vision,
  • polish,
  • dexterity,
  • nicety,
  • Brains,
  • delicacy,
  • knowledgeability,
  • enlightenment,
  • breeding,
  • admiration,
  • perspicuity,
  • levelheadedness,
  • fluency,
  • erudition,
  • ruin,
  • carefulness,
  • Mannerliness,
  • agreement,
  • civility,
  • clear sight,
  • arrest,
  • range,
  • long-headedness,
  • good judgment,
  • gustatory modality,
  • judiciously,
  • reasonability,
  • incisiveness,
  • connoisseurship,
  • cuteness,
  • brainpower,
  • determination,
  • sensitivity,
  • visual sense,
  • realization,
  • knowledgeableness,
  • color vision,
  • recognize,
  • confess,
  • quick-wittedness,
  • annihilate,
  • ken,
  • propriety,
  • intellect,
  • cunning,
  • visual field,
  • goody,
  • cogency,
  • destroy,
  • thought,
  • alertness,
  • poise,
  • taste sensation,
  • level-headedness,
  • etiquette,
  • free will,
  • devastate,
  • predilection,
  • perspicuousness,
  • condemnation,
  • appreciate.

Paraphrases for Discernment:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    discrimination, understanding, sensitivity, caution, appreciation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    discretion, judgment, judgement, insight, wisdom.

Antonyms for Discernment:

• n.

  • perception
    stupidity, ignorance.
  • Other antonyms:
    dulness, bluntness, obtuseness, preposterousness, senselessness, irrationality, zaniness, unreasonableness, unsoundness, illogic, brainlessness, witlessness, craziness, simplemindedness, lunacy, imbecility, idiocy.

Homophones for Discernment:

• dichromat, discriminate, dichromate, disoriented, disorient, disorientate, decrement, disagreement, disarmament.

Hypernym for Discernment:

• n.

  • attribute
    caution, prudence, circumspection.
  • cognition
    brainwave, grasp, hindsight, grasping, recognition, smattering, comprehension, realization, brainstorm, insight, appreciation, hold, self-knowledge, realisation.

Hyponym for Discernment:

• n.

  • attribute
    wiseness, wisdom.
  • cognition
    perception, knowing.