percipient

adjective

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as in acute

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Recent Examples of percipient Well-known to followers of the blogosphere and seekers of intelligent, percipient commentary on public policy, Kevin Drum passed away Friday after a long battle with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for percipient
  1. acute
  2. perceptive
  3. penetrating
  4. discerning
  5. sagacious
  6. experienced
  7. insightful
  8. perspicacious
Adjective
  • Monumental’s entry is targeted at Texas, Florida, Virginia, and Arizona, where building activity and labor shortages are most acute.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • According to the report, Garrett’s cause of death is listed as acute fentanyl toxicity, with the manner of death ruled an accident.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 13 July 2026
Definition of acute
Adjective
  • Yet an outstanding cast, scripts that are perceptive about grief and remorse, and Hennie’s impressionistic directing more than make up for it.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
  • When a mother privately holds her body in contempt while publicly modeling acceptance, daughters are often perceptive enough to register both messages simultaneously — and the private one, the unspoken one, frequently wins.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of perceptive
Adjective
  • One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.
    — Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Definition of penetrating
Adjective
  • Besides the aforementioned picks, Hartmann has answered the requests of its most discerning customers by rolling out — quite literally — the bestselling Reserve Carry-On, now complementing the new Reserve Carryall Tote and Reserve Waist Bag.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 12 June 2026
  • For the most discerning mixologist, only pure, flavorless, slow-melting ice will do.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of discerning
Adjective
  • The simplification of this rallying cry points to the exhibition’s sagacious curatorial focus.
    — Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Harper’s has been a sagacious and elegant presence in all this for a very long time, since there were giants on the earth, Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
Definition of sagacious
Adjective
  • Holst also believes with a combination of experienced winemakers pushing the industry to new heights and new producers helping define the region’s future, Oregon sparkling wine is entering an exciting chapter.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 19 July 2026
  • He was paired with a more experienced colleague and learned through instruction and hands-on practice how to care for pines and azaleas, mainly using a hand-pruning technique essential for the Imperial Palace and villas.
    — Hiroshige Yazawa Japan News, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026
Definition of experienced
Adjective
  • Find podcasts and books with insightful discussions on investing, where elite masterminds will guide you to off-market deals.
    — Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Unfortunately, the juggling of storylines ends up being more schematic than insightful.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of insightful
Adjective
  • This is a wickedly precise rendering of a young, self-destructive heroine worshiping at the altar of a false idol—and narrated in hindsight, from her later, more perspicacious vantage.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • Instead, this trickster figure proffers the idea that Shakespeare was too perspicacious to be just some white guy.
    — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2026
Definition of perspicacious

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“Percipient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/percipient. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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