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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses;
[syn: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving;
- Example: "clear mind"
- Example: "a percipient author"
[syn: clear, percipient]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Percipient \Per*cip"i*ent\, a. [L. percipiens, -entis, p. pr. of percipere. See Perceive.] Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being. --Bentley. -- n. One who, or that which, is percipient. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

percipient adj 1: characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear mind"; "a percipient author" [syn: clear, percipient] n 1: a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses [syn: perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "percipient": acute, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, argute, astute, aware, cogent, cognizant, comprehending, conscious, discerning, farseeing, farsighted, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, incisive, insightful, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, longsighted, mindful, omniscient, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, perspicuous, piercing, prehensile, provident, sagacious, sensible, shrewd, trenchant, understanding, wise