discerning

/dɪsˈɝnɪŋ/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
   “a discerning critic”
2. unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
   “a discerning editor”
3. quick to understand- Nathaniel Hawthorne
   “a kind and apprehensive friend”
4. able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive
   “discerning taste”

Synonyms for discerning

• clear
• clear-eyed
• prescient
• discreet
• tactful
• apprehensive
• perceptive
• discriminating

Antonyms of discerning

• undiscerning

Words that rhyme with discerning

• burning
• turning
• churning
• learning
• returning
• yearning
• adjourning
• berning
• concerning
• durning
• earning
• overturning
• spurning
• werning