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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'discernment'

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1. (noun) understanding, apprehension, discernment, savvy
the cognitive condition of someone who understands
Synonyms: sympathy, judgement, intellect, collar, perceptiveness, dread, discernment, appreciation, misgiving, taste, catch, sagaciousness, judgment, pinch, discretion, savvy, reason, apprehension, understanding, agreement, taking into custody, arrest, sagacity, apprehensiveness

2. (noun) taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Synonyms: taste perception, savvy, predilection, appreciation, taste sensation, perceptiveness, insight, tasting, gustation, gustatory perception, perceptivity, hold, penchant, judgement, taste, sagaciousness, preference, sense of taste, admiration, discretion, apprehension, grasp, understanding, judgment, discernment, sagacity, gustatory sensation, gustatory modality, mouthful

3. (noun) discernment, perceptiveness
perception of that which is obscure
Synonyms: perceptiveness, sagacity, appreciation, judgement, savvy, apprehension, insight, discretion, perceptivity, taste, discernment, judgment, sagaciousness, understanding

4. (noun) sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Synonyms: apprehension, judging, perceptiveness, sound judgment, legal opinion, assessment, sound judgement, appreciation, judicial decision, sagaciousness, opinion, mind, judiciousness, savvy, discretion, judgement, understanding, taste, judgment, discernment, sagacity, perspicacity

5. (noun) discretion, discernment
the trait of judging wisely and objectively
Synonyms: apprehension, circumspection, delicacy, free will, perceptiveness, appreciation, taste, discreetness, sagaciousness, savvy, judgement, prudence, understanding, discretion, judgment, discernment, sagacity

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'discernment'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. discernment
Sharpness, acuteness, and insight, however keen, and penetration, however deep, fall short of the meaning of acumen, which implies also ability to use these qualities to advantage. There ar
Synonyms: acumen, acuteness, insight, perspicacity, sharpness, cleverness, keenness, sagacity, shrewdness, discernment, penetration
Antonyms: bluntness, dulness, obtuseness, stupidity

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