perceptive

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: per=cep=tive
• COUNT in NET: 1 in 1 verses (in OT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

perceptive, a. [Cf. F. perceptif.].

 Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.  Motley.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

perceptive, adj.
1 capable of perceiving.
2 sensitive; discerning; observant (a perceptive remark).

Derivative

perceptively adv. perceptiveness n. perceptivity n.

Etymology

med.L perceptivus (as PERCEIVE)

THESAURUS

perceptive

acute, alert, alive, alive to, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, argute, astute, attentive, aware, cogent, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, discerning, farseeing, farsighted, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, gnostic, impressible, impressionable, impressive, incisive, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, longsighted, mindful, observant, omniscient, on the ball, penetrating, percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, prehensile, prehensive, provident, quick, quick-witted, receptive, responsive, sagacious, sage, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sensitive to, sentient, sharp, shrewd, sophic, susceptible, susceptive, trenchant, understanding, wise

ROGET THESAURUS

perceptive

Physical Sensibility

N physical sensibility, sensibility, sensitiveness, physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics, moral sensibility, sensation, impression, consciousness, external senses, sensible, sensitive, sensuous, aesthetic, perceptive, sentient, conscious, acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned, to the quick, the touch'd needle trembles to the pole.