Antonyms for insight
ˈɪnˌsaɪtin·sight

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. insight

   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 are persons of keen insight and great penetration to whom these powers are practically useless. Acumen is sharpness to some purpose, and belongs to a mind that is comprehensive as well as keen. Cleverness is a practical aptitude for study or learning. Insight and discernment are applied oftenest to the judgment of character; penetration and perspicacity to other subjects of knowledge. Sagacity is an uncultured skill in using quick perceptions for a desired end, generally in practical affairs; acumen may increase with study, and applies to the most erudite matters. Shrewdness is keenness or sagacity, often with a somewhat evil bias, as ready to take advantage of duller intellects. Perspicacity is the power to see clearly through that which is difficult or involved. We speak of the acuteness of an observer or a reasoner, the insight and discernment of a student, a clergyman, or a merchant, the sagacity of a hound, the keenness of a debater, the shrewdness of a usurer, the penetration, perspicacity, and acumen of a philosopher.

   Antonyms:
   bluntness, dulness, obtuseness, stupidity

   Synonyms:
   acumen, acuteness, cleverness, discernment, keenness, penetration, perspicacity, sagacity, sharpness, shrewdness

Matched Categories

1. • Intuition
   • Perception
   • Sensibility
   • Understanding

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. penetration, insightnoun

   clear or deep perception of a situation

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, penetration, perceptivity, brainwave, brainstorm, incursion, sixth sense

2. insight, perceptiveness, perceptivitynoun

   a feeling of understanding

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, appreciation, penetration, taste, discernment, perceptivity, brainwave, brainstorm, sixth sense

3. insight, brainstorm, brainwavenoun

   the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, penetration, cortical potential, perceptivity, brainwave, brainstorm, brain wave, sixth sense

4. insight, sixth sensenoun

   grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

   Synonyms:
   penetration, perceptivity, brainstorm, brainwave, sixth sense, perceptiveness

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1. insightnoun

   Synonyms:
   discernment

How to use insight in a sentence?

1. The BBC:

   This harrowing documentary, made with the full support and cooperation of the victim’s parents, provides a revealing insight into a horrific crime that sent shockwaves around the world and led to protests across India demanding changes in attitudes towards women, the film handles the issue responsibly, and we are confident the program fully complies with our editorial guidelines.

2. Trevor Noah:

   Trevor Noah later provided additional insight into Trevor Noah predecessor's state of mind, relating the following exchange with Jon Stewart when Jon Stewart signed off :.

3. The Miz:

   I’ve been one of those people that I have always applauded what they’ve done. You know, some people will get upset, ‘I was portrayed wrong’… They’ve never done me wrong… When we were presented this [opportunity], I was like let’s do it. Let’s give an insight to what it’s like to be a WWE Superstar. i spent Christmas in Iraq with our troops, with our deployed troops, and it was one of the greatest experiences I have ever had because you get to see the lives of these kids – 18 to 22 year olds live… They have a routine that they live every single day. So to take them out of that routine, entertain them, let them get out and laugh… It was an incredible situation. It was absolutely amazing.

4. Mathew Morris:

   You can see the direction the Roman workers were laying the stones in, you can see at one point one of the lines started to bend off and so they’ve had to turn one line into three to create a straight edge again, it’s these little human touches and errors that you can see in it that are important because they give you those glimpses into how it was made, who made it and their attitude to work, that gives you that real insight into the people of Roman Leicester.

5. Brian Wieser:

   Verizon can append data it has, and has authorization to use in an anonymized fashion, to a digital ad sale, and it will have better insight as to when to buy low and sell high.

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