Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perceptive

/pɚˈsɛptɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: per-cep-tive
IPA: /pɚˈsɛptɪv/

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.

noun

A supposed organ of the brain, dealing with concrete observations of reality.

Example Sentences

"He is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings."
"Then why not subdivide the reflectives and perceptives into distinct organs having special relations to external objects, as well as divide the intellect into a reflective and a perceptive portion?"

Etymology

From Latin perceptīvus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *keh₂p-, perceptīvus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɚˈsɛptɪv/
British English: /pəˈsɛptɪv/

Inflected Forms

more perceptive (comparative) most perceptive (superlative) perceptives (plural)

Derived Forms

imperceptive metaperceptive misperceptive nonperceptive perceptiveness photoperceptive unperceptive visuoperceptive

Frequently Paired Words

perceive perception perceptivity perceptively reflective

Synonyms

percipient poignant

Rhymes With

deceptive receptive contraceptive unreceptive nociceptive proprioceptive imperceptive conceptive interceptive

Questions

How do you pronounce perceptive?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɚˈsɛptɪv/.
What does perceptive mean?: Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
Where does perceptive come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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