Yahoo India Web Search

Sign In

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    percipient
    /pəˈsɪpɪənt/

    adjective

    • 1. having good insight or understanding; perceptive: "he is a percipient interpreter of the public mood"

    noun

    • 1. (especially in philosophy or with reference to psychic phenomena) a person who is able to perceive things.

    Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

    More definitions, origin and scrabble points

  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPERCIPIENT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. formal uk / pəˈsɪp.i.ənt / us / pɚˈsɪp.i.ənt / Add to word list. good at noticing and understanding things. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Perceptive. acuteness. antenna. catch. eagle-eyed. gimlet. have an eye for something idiom. have/keep (all) your wits about you idiom. hawk-eyed. hawkish. observant. perceptively.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › percipientPercipient Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : capable of or characterized by perception : discerning. a percipient critic. percipiently adverb. Examples of percipient in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun. Raban, who died in January 2023 at the age of eighty, was perhaps the most subtle and percipient writer on travel of his generation.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › percipientPercipient - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving. “a percipient author”. synonyms: clear. discerning. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment. noun. a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses. synonyms: beholder, observer, perceiver. see more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › percipientPERCIPIENT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Percipient definition: perceiving or capable of perceiving. . See examples of PERCIPIENT used in a sentence.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPERCIPIENT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    good at noticing and understanding things. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Perceptive. acuteness. antenna. catch. eagle-eyed. gimlet. have an eye for something idiom. have/keep (all) your wits about you idiom. hawk-eyed. hawkish. observant. perceptively. percipiently. sensately. sharp-eyed. sharpness. wit. See more results »

  7. www.oed.com › dictionary › percipient_npercipient, n. & adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford...

    What does the word percipient mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word percipient. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. percipient has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. philosophy (mid 1600s) parapsychology (1880s) See meaning & use. How common is the word percipient?

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › percipientPercipient - definition of percipient by The Free Dictionary

    Define percipient. percipient synonyms, percipient pronunciation, percipient translation, English dictionary definition of percipient. adj. Having the power of perceiving, especially perceiving keenly and readily.

  9. www.yourdictionary.com › percipientPercipient Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Percipient definition: Having the power of perceiving, especially perceiving keenly and readily.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishpercipient adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Definition of percipient adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › percipientpercipient | meaning of percipient in Longman Dictionary of ...

    percipient meaning, definition, what is percipient: quick to notice and understand things: Learn more.