Perceptive
adjective
Having or showing the ability to quickly understand things or situations.
She's a very perceptive listener.
Often appears as...
- perceptive listener
- perceptive observer
adjective
Having or showing the ability to quickly understand things or situations.
She's a very perceptive listener.
Often appears as...
- perceptive listener
- perceptive observer
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Quick Insight
Perceptive describes someone's ability to notice or understand things quickly and easily.
He made a perceptive comment about the plot twist in the story.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Observations
Use 'perceptive' when acknowledging someone's ability to grasp the less obvious aspects of a situation.
Your perceptive analysis of the character's motives was impressive.
Pro Tip 3/3Empathetic Understanding
'Perceptive' often implies a sensitivity towards others' emotions and unspoken thoughts.
His perceptive nature allows him to understand how people feel without words.
Pro Tip 1/3Quick Insight
Perceptive describes someone's ability to notice or understand things quickly and easily.
He made a perceptive comment about the plot twist in the story.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Observations
Use 'perceptive' when acknowledging someone's ability to grasp the less obvious aspects of a situation.
Your perceptive analysis of the character's motives was impressive.
Pro Tip 3/3Empathetic Understanding
'Perceptive' often implies a sensitivity towards others' emotions and unspoken thoughts.
His perceptive nature allows him to understand how people feel without words.
Pro Tip 1/3Quick Insight
Perceptive describes someone's ability to notice or understand things quickly and easily.
He made a perceptive comment about the plot twist in the story.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Observations
Use 'perceptive' when acknowledging someone's ability to grasp the less obvious aspects of a situation.
Your perceptive analysis of the character's motives was impressive.
Pro Tip 3/3Empathetic Understanding
'Perceptive' often implies a sensitivity towards others' emotions and unspoken thoughts.
His perceptive nature allows him to understand how people feel without words.
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America's forgotten...
They made sure that when my parents weren't able to do the things that kids need, they stepped in and filled that role. My grandma especially did two things that really matter. One, she provided that peaceful home that allowed me to focus on homework and the things that kids should be focused on. But she was also this incredibly perceptive woman,
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Growing Up in the...
You're living in a world full of predators, and it makes you very aware and very vigilant, and you're always very focused on what is going on around you and very perceptive towards the bush, and I think that's where my love for the wildlife
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How to make a sad story...
You can use comic relief not only to create contrast with graver moments, but to comment on them. Sidekicks are one of the most common and direct ways to do they can supply sneakily perceptive commentary on the main action,
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Octopus Mating PIPE...
it's braiding time here's your potential conquest she doesn't know you're alive she's too busy cleaning trash from her house now you're perceptive time you use your sensitive discs for any sign of interest
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Tim Flannery: Here on...
that must tell on heritability on those which are on the shape of species as a whole as he put it so as a very very simple idea but Darwin being a very wise man I think a very perceptive person
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Let your eyes do the...
to see more deeply blurring the perceptive lines between what is and what is not us music enriches our lives enormous ly and there's an incredible amount of visual
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Watch Koko the Gorilla...
more about gorillas about their intelligence how sensitive they are how perceptive they are we can hope to convey the importance of saving views as
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Spy Tortoise Adopted by...
friendships form the foundation of their society spy tortoise is also being deployed but these are highly perceptive animals
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Thought-provoking...
but these are highly perceptive animals
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Amazing Animal...
but these are highly perceptive animals
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America's forgotten...
They made sure that when my parents weren't able to do the things that kids need, they stepped in and filled that role. My grandma especially did two things that really matter. One, she provided that peaceful home that allowed me to focus on homework and the things that kids should be focused on. But she was also this incredibly perceptive woman,
Video examples
Growing Up in the...
You're living in a world full of predators, and it makes you very aware and very vigilant, and you're always very focused on what is going on around you and very perceptive towards the bush, and I think that's where my love for the wildlife
Video examples
How to make a sad story...
You can use comic relief not only to create contrast with graver moments, but to comment on them. Sidekicks are one of the most common and direct ways to do they can supply sneakily perceptive commentary on the main action,
Video examples
Octopus Mating PIPE...
it's braiding time here's your potential conquest she doesn't know you're alive she's too busy cleaning trash from her house now you're perceptive time you use your sensitive discs for any sign of interest
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Tim Flannery: Here on...
that must tell on heritability on those which are on the shape of species as a whole as he put it so as a very very simple idea but Darwin being a very wise man I think a very perceptive person
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Let your eyes do the...
to see more deeply blurring the perceptive lines between what is and what is not us music enriches our lives enormous ly and there's an incredible amount of visual
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Watch Koko the Gorilla...
more about gorillas about their intelligence how sensitive they are how perceptive they are we can hope to convey the importance of saving views as
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Spy Tortoise Adopted by...
friendships form the foundation of their society spy tortoise is also being deployed but these are highly perceptive animals
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Thought-provoking...
but these are highly perceptive animals
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Amazing Animal...
but these are highly perceptive animals
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Madhur Bhandarkar
Indian Director
I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema.
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Ansel Adams
American Photographer
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
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Natalie Babbitt
American Writer
I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.
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Rita Volk
American Actress
In my opinion, if you want to pursue an art, especially acting, you have to be really perceptive of what people go through. There is so much bad in the world, and I think that acting it out and exploring it almost helps you deal with it.
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Erik Griffin
American Comedian
People don't realize it's not just about being funny, and they don't know how perceptive a comedian needs to be about human nature. You have to really be able to read a situation and peoples' emotions.
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Jerry Heller
American Businessman
Suge was a part-time security guard at Ruthless. He can be a very charming guy, and my initial instincts were to help him. Eazy was more perceptive: he always thought he was going to be a problem.
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Zendaya
American Actress
I think when you're young, you're a lot more open-minded, and sometimes you're a lot more perceptive about what's going on in the world.
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Karen Hesse
American Author
From the time I was ten, I thought of myself as 'good with words,' thanks to a perceptive and supportive fifth grade teacher.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
I was a really nervous kid. I was extremely sensitive. Incredibly perceptive.
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Richard Russo
American Novelist
Even at its most perceptive, sociology deals in abstractions.
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Madhur Bhandarkar
Indian Director
I am an emotional and fragile person. I observe life, I am perceptive and can read a person's body language. I have a strong journalistic streak in me, and had I not been a filmmaker, I would have become a film journalist. I have combined my perceptive and journalistic traits to create my own brand of cinema.
Quote examples
Ansel Adams
American Photographer
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
Quote examples
Natalie Babbitt
American Writer
I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.
Quote examples
Rita Volk
American Actress
In my opinion, if you want to pursue an art, especially acting, you have to be really perceptive of what people go through. There is so much bad in the world, and I think that acting it out and exploring it almost helps you deal with it.
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Erik Griffin
American Comedian
People don't realize it's not just about being funny, and they don't know how perceptive a comedian needs to be about human nature. You have to really be able to read a situation and peoples' emotions.
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Jerry Heller
American Businessman
Suge was a part-time security guard at Ruthless. He can be a very charming guy, and my initial instincts were to help him. Eazy was more perceptive: he always thought he was going to be a problem.
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Zendaya
American Actress
I think when you're young, you're a lot more open-minded, and sometimes you're a lot more perceptive about what's going on in the world.
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Karen Hesse
American Author
From the time I was ten, I thought of myself as 'good with words,' thanks to a perceptive and supportive fifth grade teacher.
Quote examples
Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
I was a really nervous kid. I was extremely sensitive. Incredibly perceptive.
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Richard Russo
American Novelist
Even at its most perceptive, sociology deals in abstractions.
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