perspicacious

Meaning

1. (figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
2. (obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.

Synonyms

perceptive

keen

clear-sighted

sagacious

insightful

ingenious

wise

sapient

clear

clear-eyed

crisp

cutting

discering

discerning

discriminating

discriminative

far-seeing

farsighted

fly

✈️

incisive

intuitive

longsighted

lucid

lynx-eyed

mordacious

mordant

peaked

peaky

perspicacity

piercing

pointed

pungent

quick-witted

ready

salty

sharp

shrewd

shrill

slick

smart

spiky

statesmanlike

stiff

strident

tart

trenchant

witty

acuate

acerb

fulgurating

Translations

perspicace

perspicaz

οξυδερκής

perspicace

perspicaz

scherpzinnig

scharfsinnig

schrander

perspicax

scherpziend

perspicaces

klar

perspicaç

acuto

scharfsichtig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkeɪ.ʃəs/

Etymology

First attested 1548, from Late Latin perspicācitās (“discernment”), from Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”), from perspiciō (“look through”), from per- (“through”) + speciō (“look at”). See also perspective.