Synonyms of the word

discerning

• v. present participle of discern.
• adj. Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.
• n. discernment.

apprehensive

• adj. Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
• adj. Perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect.

clear

• adj. Transparent in colour.
• adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
• adj. Free of obstacles.
• adj. Without clouds.
• adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
• adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
• adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
• adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
• adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
• adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
• adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
• adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
• adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
• adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
• adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
• adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
• adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
• adv. All the way; entirely.
• adv. Not near something or touching it.
• adv. free (or separate) from others.
• adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
• v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
• v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
• v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
• v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
• v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
• v. (intransitive) To become clear.
• v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
• v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
• v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
• v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
• v. To obtain a clearance.
• v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
• v. To fell all trees of a forest.
• v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
• n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
• n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).

clear-eyed

• adj. Having clear, sharp sight.
• adj. Mentally acute and perspicacious.

clear-sighted

• adj. Having sharp vision.
• adj. Acutely perceptive or discerning; perspicacious.

critical

• adj. Inclined to find fault or criticize; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.
• adj. Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis or turning point.
• adj. Extremely important.
• adj. Relating to criticism or careful analysis, such as literary or film criticism.
• adj. (medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition…
• adj. Likely to go out of control if disturbed, that is, opposite of stable.
• adj. Of the point (in temperature, reagent concentration etc.) where a nuclear or chemical reaction becomes…
• n. A critical value, factor, etc.
• n. In breakdancing, a kind of airflare move in which the dancer hops from one hand to the other.

discreet

• adj. Respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic.
• adj. Not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous.

discriminating

• adj. Able to perceive fine distinctions between similar things; perceptive.
• adj. Having a discerning judgment or taste.
• v. present participle of discriminate.

perceptive

• adj. having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.

percipient

• adj. Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly.
• adj. (psychology, education, dated) Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, as a very young…
• n. (philosophy, psychology) One who perceives something.
• n. (parapsychology) One who has perceived a paranormal event.

perspicacious

• adj. (figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
• adj. (obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.

prescient

• adj. Having knowledge of events before they take place; possessing or exhibiting prescience.

tactful

• adj. Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.