perceive
Become aware of
Although you can perceive something through any of your senses, people use this verb most often to talk about perception through the eyes or with the mind: We perceived a large, dark shape moving toward us. I perceived a note of disappointment in her voice.
Sometimes perceive can refer to the future, in which case its meaning is similar to anticipate or imagine: I perceive difficulties arising when you try to implement this plan without everyone on board.
Become aware of
- observePerceive with attention
- spotMark or location
- recognizePerceive as known
- identifyEstablish who or what
discern · glimpse · witness · see · behold · view · descry · espy
Grasp the meaning
- graspSeize or understand
- fathomNautical depth unit
- realizeBecome aware of
- comprehendTo fully understand
know · interpret · construe · decode · assimilate · absorb · digest · apprehend
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
inkling · impression · sense · foreboding · presentiment · suspicion · feeling · vibe
Ability to see
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- smellOlfactory perception
- tasteFlavor perception ability
- touchPerceiving through physical contact
sight · sound · scent · flavor · texture · sensory · eyesight · auditory
State of sentient awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- cognizanceState of knowing something
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
vigilance · attentiveness · sensitivity · wakefulness · acuity · receptivity · discernment · keenness
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- clarityState of being understandable
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- breakthroughSudden important advance
revelation · illumination · understanding · wisdom · aha moment · cognition · dawning · discernment
notice
Become aware of
identify · discern · glimpse · witness · see · behold · view · descry · espy · sight
understand
Grasp the meaning
comprehend · know · interpret · construe · decode · assimilate · absorb · digest · apprehend · cognize
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
premonition · inkling · impression · sense · foreboding · presentiment · suspicion · feeling · vibe · intimation
vision
Ability to see
touch · sight · sound · scent · flavor · texture · sensory · eyesight · auditory · olfactory
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- cognizanceState of knowing something
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
mindfulness · vigilance · attentiveness · sensitivity · wakefulness · acuity · receptivity · discernment · keenness · sharpness
epiphany
Sudden profound insight
- realizationGrasping what's true
- clarityState of being understandable
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
breakthrough · revelation · illumination · understanding · wisdom · aha moment · cognition · dawning · discernment · penetration
- understandunderstand, grasp, realize, comprehend, get it
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing
- detectiondetect, discover, find, identify, locate
- discoveryfind, finding, discovery, discover, finding out
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
perceivemisperceive
Understand incorrectly through senses
misunderstand · misinterpret · misconstrue · misread · misapprehend
- perceived valueEstimated worth to someone
- perceived temperatureSubjective sense of heat
perceived, perceiving, perceives, perceiver, unperceived, perceivable, misperceive, misperceived, perceivers