English Dictionary
Definition of “percipient”
percipient (pəˈsɪpɪənt
)
Definitions
adjective
- able to perceive
- perceptive
noun
- a person or thing that perceives
Alternative Forms
perˈcipience noun perˈcipiently adverb Word Origin
C17: from Latin percipiens observing, from percipere to grasp; see perceive
Synonyms
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aware,
bright,
perceptive,
sharp,
alive,
alert,
intelligent,
penetrating,
discriminating,
discerning,
astute,
observant,
wide-awake,
perspicacious,
quick-witted,
Usage examples
Sometimes he would bring friends for weekends and John longed for Hilda's shrewd eye, percipient comment.
Townsend, Eileen, In Love and War (1989)The style is that of a bureaucrat and not of a patient historian or a percipient biographer.
India Today (1996)NOT even the man who invented the IQ test was percipient enough to see the trouble it would cause.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)She had always proved to be a shrewd judge of character and was invariably percipient in her assessments of George's political colleagues.
Robertson, Edwin H., George (1992)
