PERCEIVING Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

perceiving

verb

Definition of perceiving next

present participle of perceive

as in sensing

to have a vague awareness of I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn't sure

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as in noticing

to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes perceived that it was going to be a nice day

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as in knowing

to have a clear idea of I perceive your point, but I still disagree

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Recent Examples of perceiving Kepler devoted much of his career to figuring out optics, and was arguably the first scientific thinker to articulate the difference between seeing and perceiving. —

Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026 The newly-sighted get better at perceiving differences in color, shape, and size — even if they were treated for their congenital cataracts after years of blindness—but not so much at spotting differences in shading or contours. —

Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026 Reading, a way of perceiving ideas through the eyes of others, increases empathy and community, noted one professor. —

Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2026 But that would depend on the animals perceiving the temperature shift—and having the capacity to do things differently. —

Elizabeth Preston, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025 The model is better than predecessors at creating spreadsheets, building presentations, perceiving images, writing code and understanding long context, OpenAI said. —

Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025 Shifting gears, rather than perceiving AI as a competitor, budding therapists would be wise to perceive AI as a collaborator. —

Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 In 2024, Nepal ranked 107th out of 180 countries on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, with 84% of people perceiving government corruption to be a major problem. —

Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2025 Chronic pain usually results from your nervous system perceiving an area of instability in your body. —

Dana Santas, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025

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Such an approach could influence the development of more efficient systems for solar energy, optoelectronics and sensing technologies.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Apr. 2026
Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role PIEZO1 and PIEZO2 proteins play in sensing mechanical stimuli.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026