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US/pərˈsep.tɪv/
UK/pəˈsep.tɪv/
quick to notice and understand things, especially what other people feel
In context
She's very perceptive and always knows when something is worrying me.
The reviewer made some perceptive comments about the novel's ending.
Children can be surprisingly perceptive about adults' moods.
Words that go with perceptive
adjective + noun
- perceptive commentThank you for your perceptive comments on my essay.
- perceptive observerA perceptive observer would notice the small changes.
- perceptive analysisThe article offers a perceptive analysis of youth culture.
adverb + adjective
- highly perceptiveGood nurses are highly perceptive.
- remarkably perceptiveFor a ten-year-old, she is remarkably perceptive.
adjective + preposition
- perceptive aboutHe is very perceptive about people's motives.
- perceptive ofIt was perceptive of you to notice she was upset.