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- Dictionaryper·cep·tive/pərˈseptiv/
adjective
- 1. having or showing sensitive insight: "an extraordinarily perceptive account of their relationship"
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The meaning of PERCEPTIVE is responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning. How to use perceptive in a sentence.
PERCEPTIVE definition: 1. very good at noticing and understanding things that many people do not notice: 2. very good at…. Learn more.
Perceptive definition: having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition. See examples of PERCEPTIVE used in a sentence.
If someone calls you perceptive, they mean you are good at understanding things or figuring things out. Perceptive people are insightful, intelligent, and able to see what others cannot.
PERCEPTIVE meaning: 1. very good at noticing and understanding things that many people do not notice: 2. very good at…. Learn more.
If you describe a person or their remarks or thoughts as perceptive, you think that they are good at noticing or realizing things, especially things that are not obvious. He was a most perceptive political commentator.
1. having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition. 2. having the power or faculty of perceiving. 3. of, pertaining to, or showing perception. [1650–60; < Latin percept (us) (see percept) + -ive]
adjective. /pəˈseptɪv/ /pərˈseptɪv/ Word Family. (approving) having or showing the ability to see or understand things quickly, especially things that are not obvious. a highly perceptive comment. It was very perceptive of you to notice that. The article gives a perceptive analysis of the way bureaucracies work. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
perceptive meaning, definition, what is perceptive: someone who is perceptive notices things...: Learn more.
Perceptive Definition. pər-sĕptĭv. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Of or capable of perception. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Able to perceive quickly and easily; having keen insight or intuition; penetrating. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
