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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 | ||
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