adjective
- having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- having the power or faculty of perceiving.
- of, relating to, or showing perception.
adjective
- quick at perceiving; observant
- perceptual
- able to perceive
adj.1650s, from Latin percept-, past participle stem of percipere (see perceive) + -ive. In reference to intelligence from 1860. From mid-15c. as the name of a type of optical instrument. Related: Perceptively; perceptiveness. adj.
- Of or relating to perception.
- Having the ability to perceive.
- Keenly discerning.