Synonyms for percipient
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : per-sip-ee-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɪp i ənt |
Top 10 synonyms for percipient Other synonyms for the word percipient
- able to recognize
- acquainted
- acute
- advisable
- aesthetic
- alert
- alive
- alive to
- all there
- apperceptive
- appercipient
- apprehensive
- apprised
- arguable
- assured
- astute
- au courant
- au fait
- awake
- aware
- believable
- brainy
- bright
- canny
- cerebral
- clear-sighted
- clever
- cognitive
- cognizable
- cognizant
- cognoscible
- commonsensical
- competent
- comprehending
- comprehensible
- conscious
- consequent
- conversant
- cool
- corporeal
- crack
- critical
- deliberate
- discernible
- discerning
- down with
- ear to the ground
- expert
- felt
- gnostic
- heady
- hep
- hep to
- hip
- in on
- in one's right mind
- in right mind
- ingenious
- insighted
- insightful
- intelligent
- intelligible
- intended
- intentional
- into
- intuitive
- judicious
- justifiable
- keen
- kept posted
- knowing
- knowledgeable
- known
- knows what's what
- learned
- levelheaded
- logical
- mindful
- noticing
- noting
- observant
- observing
- on the beam
- on to
- palpable
- patent
- penetrating
- penetrative
- perceiving
- perceptible
- perceptive
- percipient
- perspicacious
- piercing
- plausible
- plugged in
- practiced
- proficient
- qualified
- quick
- quick-witted
- ratiocinative
- rational
- reasoned
- reasoning
- recognizable
- recognizing
- reflective
- remarking
- responsive
- sagacious
- sage
- sane
- savvy
- seeing
- sensible
- sensitive
- sensitive to
- sentient
- sharp
- sharp-witted
- shrewd
- skilled
- skillful
- slick
- smart
- sober
- sophic
- sophisticated
- sound
- subtle
- supraliminal
- sure
- tangible
- tenable
- thought-out
- thoughtful
- together
- tolerant
- translucent
- trenchant
- tuned in
- tuned-in
- unbiased
- understanding
- unprejudiced
- up
- up-to-date
- versant
- versed
- vigilant
- watchful
- well-advised
- well-informed
- wise
- wise to
- with it
- with-it
- witting
- worldly
- worldly-wise
Définition of percipient
Origin :- 1690s, from Latin percipientem, present participle of percipere (see perceive). Earlier in English as a noun, "one who perceives" (1660s).
- As in knowing : adj experienced, aware
- As in perceptive : adj alert, sensitive
- As in perspicacious : adj observant, perceptive
- As in reasonable : adj intelligent, practical
- As in perceivable : adj observable
- As in conscious : adj alert, awake
- As in conversant : adj experienced, familiar with
- As in discerning : adj discriminating
- A private lady, Miss M. Telbin, acted as percipient, and I acted as agent.
- Extract from : « Telepathy » by W. W. Baggally
- These sets have to be learned by heart by the agent and the percipient.
- Extract from : « Telepathy » by W. W. Baggally
- Two or three days afterwards, the percipient happened to be in a tram.
- Extract from : « Metapsychical Phenomena » by J. Maxwell
- Appears to possess a duality of cognitions, of percepts and of percipient.
- Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya
- Then it is not to be doubted that it is characterised as percipient and percept.
- Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya
- It was the experience of a child—it is reported by the percipient herself.
- Extract from : « Telepathy and the Subliminal Self » by R. Osgood Mason
- Nor is it percipient existence; for brutes share in this power.
- Extract from : « Dante. An essay. » by R. W. Church
- All things exist as they are perceived; at least in relation to the percipient.
- Extract from : « English Critical Essays » by Various
- Can we discover any condition of the percipient which is common to all?
- Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
- The figure, that is to say, was adapted to the percipient's environment.
- Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
Antonyms for percipient
- careless
- dense
- disregardful
- doubtful
- dubious
- dull
- expensive
- foolish
- heedless
- idiotic
- ignorant
- impassive
- imperceivable
- implausible
- impractical
- improbable
- inattentive
- indifferent
- indiscreet
- inexperienced
- insensitive
- intolerable
- irrational
- kind
- lazy
- neglectful
- negligent
- nonsensical
- not deliberate
- outrageous
- overlooking
- poor
- quiet
- senseless
- silent
- slow
- stupid
- thoughtless
- unaware
- unbelievable
- uncertain
- uncognizant
- unconfident
- unconscious
- undiscerning
- undiscriminating
- unfeeling
- uninformed
- unintelligent
- unintentional
- unknowing
- unknowledgeable
- unlikely
- unmindful
- unobservant
- unperceptive
- unrealistic
- unreasonable
- unresponsive
- unskilled
- unsound
- unstudied
- unstylish
- unsure
- unwise
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