discernment - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the trait of judging wisely and objectively

Synonyms

• discernment
• discretion

More generic

• wisdom
• wiseness

More specific

• caution
• circumspection
• prudence

Noun

the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

Synonyms

• discernment
• judgement
• judgment
• sagaciousness
• sagacity

More generic

• sapience
• wisdom

More specific

• circumspection
• common sense
• discreetness
• discretion
• eye
• good sense
• gumption
• horse sense
• indiscreetness
• injudiciousness
• judiciousness
• mother wit
• prudence
• sense

Noun

perception of that which is obscure

Synonyms

• discernment
• perceptiveness

More generic

• perception

Noun

delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)

Synonyms

• appreciation
• discernment
• perceptiveness
• taste

More generic

• discrimination
• secernment

More specific

• connoisseurship
• culture
• delicacy
• discretion
• style
• trend
• vertu
• virtu
• vogue

Noun

the cognitive condition of someone who understands

Synonyms

• apprehension
• discernment
• savvy
• understanding

More generic

• knowing

More specific

• appreciation
• brainstorm
• brainwave
• comprehension
• grasp
• grasping
• hindsight
• hold
• insight
• realisation
• realization
• recognition
• self-knowledge
• smattering

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