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discerning

/d/I/'s/[@]/rn/I//N/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment

    adj.all

    Examples
    A discerning critic.
    A discerning reader.
    Antonyms undiscerning

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic

    adj.all

    Examples
    A discerning editor.
    Synonyms discreet

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. quick to understand

    adj.all

    Synonyms apprehensive

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive

    adj.all

    Examples
    Discerning taste.
    A discerning eye for color.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

discernablediscernancediscernerdiscerniblediscerniblenessdiscerniblydiscerninglydiscernmentdiscerpdiscerpibilitydiscerpiblediscerption

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