perceives
Takes in mentally
Perceives is the third-person singular of perceive, meaning to become aware of something through the senses or the mind.
What someone perceives may differ from objective reality: She perceives criticism where none was intended.
The word often implies interpretation layered onto observation—not just seeing, but seeing as something: He perceives himself as a victim.
Mentally grasps meaning
- comprehendsMentally takes in
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- recognizesPerceives as known
- interpretsExplains the meaning of
discerns · realizes · knows · apprehends · conceives · fathoms · deduces · infers
Knows without reasoning
- discernsRecognizes through careful observation
- realizesComes to understand
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- apprehendsCaptures or comprehends
foresees · envisions · anticipates · reads · divines · epiphany · revelation · breakthrough
Perceives or announcements
- observesPerceives and notes
- detectsDiscovers or notices
- sensesMeans of perception
- registersRecords officially
attends · consciousness · mindfulness · alertness · attentiveness · vigilance · recognition · acknowledgment
understands
Mentally grasps meaning
- comprehendsMentally takes in
- graspsHolds or comprehends
- recognizesPerceives as known
interprets · discerns · realizes · knows · apprehends · conceives · fathoms · deduces · infers · processes
intuits
Knows without reasoning
apprehends · foresees · envisions · anticipates · reads · divines · epiphany · revelation · breakthrough · illumination
notices
Perceives or announcements
registers · attends · consciousness · mindfulness · alertness · attentiveness · vigilance · recognition · acknowledgment · presence
vision
Ability to see
touch · sight · sound · scent · texture · flavor · sensation · stimulus · sensory · feeling
sees
Perceives with eyes
spots · witnesses · regards · examines · scrutinizes · surveys · inspects · scans · gazes · looks
- mental actionsthinks, considers, understands, recognizes, knows
perceivesmisses
Fails to connect
ignores · overlooks · disregards · tunes out · neglects
perceivesmisunderstands
Incorrectly interprets meaning
misconstrues · misinterprets · misreads · misperceives · gets wrong
- perceived valueEstimated worth to someone
- perceived temperatureSubjective sense of heat
perceive, perceived, perceiving, perceiver, unperceived, perceivable, perceivers