discerning

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of discern

Adj

Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive.

Noun

discernment

discern

1. (transitive) To detect with the senses, especially with the eyes.
2. (transitive) To perceive, recognize, or comprehend with the mind; to descry.
3. (transitive) To distinguish something as being different from something else; to differentiate or discriminate.
4. (intransitive) To perceive differences.

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Synonyms

discriminating

perceptive

apprehensive

discreet

observant

clear-sighted

penetrating

insightful

intelligent

careful

choosy

astute

apperceptive

nice

selective

distinction

sharp

discriminate

discriminative

discriminatory

distinguishing

elaborated

exact

exacting

farseeing

farsighted

fastidious

frugal

fussy

gentlemanly

judicial

keen

keen-eyed

knowing

mature

observational

observing

on the nose

perceptual

percipient

perspicacious

precise

recollective

regardful

retentive

sagacious

scrupulous

sensitive

shrewd

good

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Translations

perspicace

intelligent

percettivo

perspicaz

scharfsinnig

erkennend

unterscheidend

perspicace

scius

فهيم

Scharfblick

فهماء

بصراء

Einsicht

perceptiu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈsɜːn.iŋ/