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Detailed Synonyms for discerning in English

discerning:

discerning [the ~] noun

  1. the discerning
    the noticing; the detecting; the discerning
  2. the discerning
    the recognition; the identification; the discerning

discerning

  1. discerning

discerning adj

  1. discerning
    – having or revealing keen insight and good judgment 1
    discerning
    – having or revealing keen insight and good judgment 1
    • discerning adj
      • a discerning critic1
      • a discerning reader1
  2. discerning
    – able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive 1
    discerning
    – able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive 1
    • discerning adj
      • discerning taste1
      • a discerning eye for color1
  3. discerning
    – quick to understand 1
    apprehensive; discerning
    – quick to understand 1
  4. discerning
    – unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic 1
    discreet; discerning
    – unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic 1

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Related Definitions for "discerning":

  1. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment1
    • a discerning critic1
    • a discerning reader1
  2. able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive1
    • discerning taste1
    • a discerning eye for color1
  3. quick to understand1
  4. unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic1
    • a discerning editor1

discern:

to discern verb (discerns, discerned, discerning)

  1. to discern
    distinguish from each other; to discern
  2. to discern
    to nuance; to distinguish; to discern; to discriminate; to differentiate
    • nuance verb (nuances, nuanced, nuancing)
    • distinguish verb (distinguishes, distinguished, distinguishing)
    • discern verb (discerns, discerned, discerning)
    • discriminate verb (discriminates, discriminated, discriminating)
    • differentiate verb (differentiates, differentiated, differentiating)
  3. to discern
    – detect with the senses 1
    to distinguish; to spot; to discern; to make out; to pick out; to recognize; recognise; tell apart
    – detect with the senses 1
    • distinguish verb (distinguishes, distinguished, distinguishing)
    • spot verb (spots, spotted, spotting)
    • discern verb (discerns, discerned, discerning)
    • make out verb (makes out, made out, making out)
      • I can't make out the faces in this photograph1
    • pick out verb (picks out, picked out, picking out)
    • recognize verb, American (recognizes, recognized, recognizing)
    • recognise verb, British
    • tell apart verb

Conjugations for discern:

present
  1. discern
  2. discern
  3. discerns
  4. discern
  5. discern
  6. discern
simple past
  1. discerned
  2. discerned
  3. discerned
  4. discerned
  5. discerned
  6. discerned
present perfect
  1. have discerned
  2. have discerned
  3. has discerned
  4. have discerned
  5. have discerned
  6. have discerned
past continuous
  1. was discerning
  2. were discerning
  3. was discerning
  4. were discerning
  5. were discerning
  6. were discerning
future
  1. shall discern
  2. will discern
  3. will discern
  4. shall discern
  5. will discern
  6. will discern
continuous present
  1. am discerning
  2. are discerning
  3. is discerning
  4. are discerning
  5. are discerning
  6. are discerning
subjunctive
  1. be discerned
  2. be discerned
  3. be discerned
  4. be discerned
  5. be discerned
  6. be discerned
diverse
  1. discern!
  2. let's discern!
  3. discerned
  4. discerning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

discern

  1. discern

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Related Definitions for "discern":

  1. detect with the senses1