perspicacious(Formal)[adjective]Synonyms: perceptive, acute, alert, astute, discerning, keen, percipient, sharp, shrewd
Related Words: quick-sighted,
sharp-sighted,
sharp-witted [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
per‧spi‧ca‧cious /ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəs◂ $ ˌpɜːr-/
adjective formal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: perspicax, from perspicere; ⇒ perspective]
good at judging and understanding people and situations
Synonym : perceptive—perspicaciously adverb—perspicacity /-ˈkæsəti, -ˈkæsɪti/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲