English adjective: discerning | |||
1. | discerning having or revealing keen insight and good judgment | ||
Samples | A discerning critic. A discerning reader. | ||
Similar | clear, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, percipient, perspicacious, prescient | ||
See also | critical, discriminating | ||
Antonyms | undiscerning | ||
2. | discerning unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic | ||
Samples | A discerning editor. A discreet silence. | ||
Synonyms | discreet | ||
Similar | tactful | ||
Antonyms | tactless, untactful | ||
3. | discerning quick to understand | ||
Samples | A kind and apprehensive friend. | ||
Synonyms | apprehensive | ||
Similar | perceptive | ||
Antonyms | unperceiving, unperceptive | ||
4. | discerning able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive | ||
Samples | Discerning taste. A discerning eye for color. | ||
Similar | discriminating | ||
Antonyms | indiscriminating, undiscriminating | ||