perspicacity

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) Acute discernment or understanding; insight.
2. (uncountable, usually) The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
3. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Keen eyesight.

Synonyms

insight

sagacity

astuteness

shrewdness

acuity

judgement

sound judgement

judgment

sound judgment

keenness

discernment

perceptiveness

acumen

perspicaciousness

clairvoyance

sharpness

astucity

accuracy

savviness

clairvoyant

exactitude

fastidiousness

fidelity

intuition

penetration

perceptivity

perspicacious

precision

vision

wit

clear-sightedness

perception

lear-sightedness

sharp-sightedness

Translations

perspicacité

perspicacia

Scharfsinn

perspicàcia

perspicacia

perspicácia

οξυδέρκεια

sagacité

clairvoyance

sagacia

perspicacitas

perspicacità

intuito

accorgimento

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ɪ.ti/

Etymology

From
From perspicac(ious) + -ity, from Middle French perspicacité, from Latin perspicācitās (“sharpsightedness, discrimination”), from perspicio, from per- + specio, "see through (something)".