DISCERNING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
   Usage Example(s)
   • a discerning critic
   • a discerning reader
   Antonym(s)
   • undiscerning (what does undiscerning mean?)
   Similar To
   • clear (what does clear mean?)
   • percipient (what does percipient mean?)
   • clear-eyed (what does clear-eyed mean?)
   • clear-sighted (what does clear-sighted mean?)
   • perspicacious (what does perspicacious mean?)
   • prescient (what does prescient mean?)
   See Also
   • critical (what does critical mean?)
   • discriminating (what does discriminating mean?)
2. Meaning
   • able to make or detect effects of great subtlety
   • sensitive
   Usage Example(s)
   • discerning taste
   • a discerning eye for color
   Similar To
   • discriminating (what does discriminating mean?)
3. Meaning
   • quick to understand
   Synonym(s)
   • apprehensive (what does apprehensive mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a kind and apprehensive friend- Nathaniel Hawthorne
   Similar To
   • perceptive (what does perceptive mean?)
4. Meaning
   • unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
   Synonym(s)
   • discreet (what does discreet mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a discerning editor
   • a discreet silence
   Similar To
   • tactful (what does tactful mean?)