perceptive
/pəˈsɛptɪv/US/pɚˈsɛptɪv/
perceptive adjective: having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
Adjective
perceptive (comparative more perceptive, superlative most perceptive)
- Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
- He is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings.
- Synonyms:
- percipient, poignant
Noun
perceptive (plural perceptives)
- A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with concrete observations of reality.
- Then why not subdivide the reflectives and perceptives into distinct organs having special relations to external objects, as well as divide the intellect into a reflective and a perceptive portion?1872, The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, page 13
perceptive meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
perceptive in Marathi
- आकलनशील
perceptive in Urdu
- perceptive
- ادراکی idrāki
perceptive in Bengali
- অনুধাবনশীল
perceptive in Malayalam
- discerning, insightful, sensitive
- അവബോധമുള്ള, അവബോധാത്മകം, ഉൾക്കാഴ്ചയുള്ള, ഗുണജ്ഞ, സൂക്ഷ്മദർശിയായ, വിവേകിയായ
More languagesFewer languages
- perceptive in Kannada
- ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆಯುಳ್ಳವರು
- perceptive in Tagalog
- watasin
Examples of perceptive in a sentence
- The keen mind that wrote "A Gay Manifesto" was even more perceptive and challenging in real life.
- The Beta Female is perceptive, emotional, maternal and soft.
- Case 3 Whispering Jack: Jack was a quiet and perceptive young man who was well respected by his peers.
Synonyms of perceptive
Forms of perceptive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more perceptive |
| superlative | most perceptive |
| Noun | |
| plural | perceptives |
Origin of perceptive
From Latin perceptīvus.
Words formed from perceptive
Words that rhyme with perceptive
Questions about perceptive
- What does perceptive mean?
- Perceptive means having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
- What is perceptive in Marathi?
- Perceptive in Marathi is आकलनशील. See Perceptive meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is perceptive?
- Perceptive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce perceptive?
- Perceptive is pronounced /pəˈsɛptɪv/ (UK).
Words near perceptive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perceptive (page history and authors); perceptive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ادراکی (Urdu) (page history and authors); perceptive (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); perceptive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); perceptive (Kannada, 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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