Word Study
appreciative
CIDE DICTIONARY
appreciative, a.
Having or showing a just or ready appreciation or perception; as, an appreciative audience. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
appreciative
acclamatory, accurate, acknowledging, admiring, alive to, appreciative of, apprised of, approbatory, awake to, aware of, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, beholden, cognizant of, commendatory, complimentary, conscious of, crediting, critical, delicate, differential, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative, distinctive, distinguishing, encomiastic, eulogistic, exact, fastidious, fine, flattering, grateful, hep to, in the know, in the secret, indebted to, informed of, laudatory, let into, mindful of, much obliged, nice, no stranger to, obliged, on to, panegyric, precise, privy to, refined, regardful, respectful, seized of, selective, sensible, sensible of, sensible to, sensitive, streetwise, subtle, tactful, thankful, undeceived, under obligation, wise toFor further exploring for "appreciative" in Webster Dictionary Online