adj

perceptive

puh-SEHP-tihv

adj

Quick to notice or understand things; showing sharp insight.

"That was a perceptive comment about the character's motives."

"She's remarkably perceptive when it comes to reading people."

How to Use Perceptive

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In plain EnglishGood at noticing details or understanding things that aren't obvious to everyone.

Common pairings

perceptive observation perceptive reader highly perceptive

more perceptive comparative, perceptives plural, most perceptive superlative

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That was a _____ comment about the character's motives.

From Latin perceptivus, related to percipere, "to perceive".

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