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insightful

/ɪnˈsaɪt.f(ə)l/

insightful adjective: possessing insight; percipient.

Adjective

insightful (comparative more insightful, superlative most insightful)

  1. Possessing insight; percipient.
    • I found Duncan's comments to be insightful and thought-provoking.
    • Appendix 4 lays out the current analysis of the liner train concept, concluding the report with perhaps its most insightful innovation.2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49

insightful meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

insightful in Hindi

अंतर्दृष्टिपूर्ण

insightful in Marathi

अंतर्दृष्टीपूर्ण

insightful in Urdu

آگاہ, بصیر

insightful in Bengali

অন্তর্দৃষ্টিপূর্ণ, অন্তর্দৃষ্টিসম্পন্ন
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insightful in Malayalam
ഉൾക്കാഴ്ചയുള്ള
insightful in Kannada
ಒಳನೋಟವುಳ್ಳವರು
insightful in Odia
ଅନ୍ତର୍ଦୃଷ୍ଟିସମ୍ପନ୍ନ, ଅନ୍ତର୍ଦୃଷ୍ଟିପୂର୍ଣ
insightful in Sanskrit
कवि kavi
insightful in Nepali
अन्तर्दृष्टिपूर्ण, अन्तर्दृष्टिसम्पन्न

Examples of insightful in a sentence

  • Early physicists developed insightful methods for measuring the speed of light.
  • There are several Substacks that are worth watching for insightful coverage of this space.
  • It wasn't particularly deep or well-made, nor was it particularly nuanced or insightful.

All 14 example sentences with insightful

Forms of insightful

comparativemore insightful
superlativemost insightful

Origin of insightful

A recent formation from insight + -ful.

Words formed from insightful

Questions about insightful

What does insightful mean?
Insightful means possessing insight; percipient.
What is insightful in Hindi?
Insightful in Hindi is अंतर्दृष्टिपूर्ण. See Insightful meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is insightful?
Insightful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce insightful?
Insightful is pronounced /ɪnˈsaɪt.f(ə)l/.

Words near insightful in the dictionary

  1. insidiousness
  2. insidiousnesses
  3. insiduous
  4. insight
  5. insighted
  6. insightful
  7. insightfully
  8. insightfulness
  9. insightless
  10. insightlessness
  11. insights

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: insightful (page history and authors); insightful (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insightful (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insightful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); insightful (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insightful (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insightful (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insightful (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insightful (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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