percipient
One who perceives
Percipient means having keen perception or understanding—quick to notice and comprehend.
A percipient observer catches details others miss.
The word is formal and somewhat literary, often describing someone whose insights cut through surface appearances: Her percipient analysis revealed flaws no one else had noticed.
As a noun, a percipient is one who perceives, particularly in parapsychology, someone receiving telepathic impressions.
Mentally present and alert
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- cognizantConscious of facts
- attentivePaying close notice
- observantNoticing things readily
vigilant · heedful · awake · mindful · watchful · noticing · receptive · sentient
One who perceives beyond senses
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- telepathicAble to read minds
- prescientHaving advance knowledge
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
empathic · sensitive · instinctual · prophetic · premonitory · divining · feeling · sensing
Mentally sharp, discerning
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- sagaciousHaving acute mental discernment
- perspicaciousHaving keen mental perception
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
sharp · acute · incisive · penetrating · discriminating · judicious · analytical · critical
Showing good judgment
- profoundIntensely meaningful or insightful
- penetratingPassing into or through
- deepFar from surface
- understandingMental comprehension of something
enlightened · knowing · comprehending · grasping · fathoming · illuminating · revelatory · piercing
conscious
Mentally present and alert
observant · vigilant · heedful · awake · mindful · watchful · noticing · receptive · sentient · responsive
clairvoyant
One who perceives beyond senses
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- telepathicAble to read minds
- prescientHaving advance knowledge
sixth sense · empathic · sensitive · instinctual · prophetic · premonitory · divining · feeling · sensing · extrasensory
astute
Mentally sharp, discerning
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- sagaciousHaving acute mental discernment
- perspicaciousHaving keen mental perception
keen · sharp · acute · incisive · penetrating · discriminating · judicious · analytical · critical · clear-sighted
wise
Showing good judgment
- profoundIntensely meaningful or insightful
- penetratingPassing into or through
- deepFar from surface
understanding · enlightened · knowing · comprehending · grasping · fathoming · illuminating · revelatory · piercing · trenchant
witness
One who attests
spectator · onlooker · eyewitness · noticer · seer · detector · scanner · examiner · inspector · surveyor
percipientoblivious
Lacking any awareness
unaware · imperceptive · insensible · unseeing · inattentive
percipientobtuse
Lacking mental sharpness
undiscerning · dull · dense · slow-witted · dim