If someone calls you perceptive, they mean you are good at understanding things or figuring things out. Perceptive people are insightful, intelligent, and able to see what others cannot.
Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
Adjective
having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"
Adjective
of or relating to perception; "perceptive faculties"
a.
Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving;
having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
Perceptive
Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
Usage Examples
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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Other Usage ExamplesIndividual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver.
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.
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