Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
of or relating to perception;
- Example: "perceptive faculties"2.
having the ability to perceive or understand;
keen in discernment;
- Example: "a perceptive eye"- Example: "a perceptive observation"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
perceptive \per*cep"tive\ (p[~e]r*s[e^]p"t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
perceptif.]
1. Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having
the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
"His perceptive and reflective faculties." --Motley.
[1913 Webster]
2. Possesing or exhibiting a high degree of understanding,
insight, intuition, or analytical skill; as, he gave a
perceptive analysis of the situation.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
perceptive
adj 1: of or relating to perception; "perceptive faculties"
2: having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in
discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"
[ant: unperceiving, unperceptive]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "perceptive":
acute, alert, alive, alive to, all-knowing, apperceptive,
appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, argute, astute,
attentive, aware, cogent, cognizant, comprehending, conscious,
discerning, farseeing, farsighted, foreseeing, foresighted,
forethoughted, forethoughtful, gnostic, impressible,
impressionable, impressive, incisive, insightful, intelligent,
judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, longsighted,
mindful, observant, omniscient, on the ball, penetrating,
percipient, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, prehensile,
prehensive, provident, quick, quick-witted, receptive, responsive,
sagacious, sage, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sensitive to,
sentient, sharp, shrewd, sophic, susceptible, susceptive,
trenchant, understanding, wise