vverb.perceptiondetect with the sensesSynset:discern distinguish make out pick out recognise recognize spot tell apart
Examples:- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
Derivationally Related Form:discernmentdiscernible
Inherited Hypernyms:spot
Direct Hyponyms:discriminateresolve
Entailment:comprehend perceive
Full Troponyms:discriminateresolve
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
adjadj.allhaving or revealing keen insight and good judgmentExamples:- a discerning critic
- a discerning reader
Antonyms:undiscerning
Inherited Hypernyms:discerning
Similar to:clear-eyed clear-sighted perspicacious clear percipient prescient
See also:critical discriminating
adj satadj.allunobtrusively perceptive and sympatheticSynset:discreet
Examples:- a discerning editor
- a discreet silence
Antonyms:tactless
Derivationally Related Form:discreetness
Inherited Hypernyms:discerning
Similar to:tactful
adj satadj.allquick to understandSynset:apprehensive
Examples:- a kind and apprehensive friend - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Antonyms:unperceptive
Derivationally Related Form:apprehend
Inherited Hypernyms:apprehensive
Similar to:perceptive
adj satadj.allable to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitiveExamples:- discerning taste
- a discerning eye for color
Antonyms:undiscriminating
Inherited Hypernyms:discerning
Similar to:discriminating