Usually means: Perceptive in judgment or taste.
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  1. discerning: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. discerning: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. discerning: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. discerning: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. discerning: Wiktionary
  8. discerning: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. discerning: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. discerning: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Discerning, discerning: Dictionary.com
  12. discerning: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  14. discerning: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  17. discerning: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. discerning: Free Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Of keen insight or good judgement; perceptive.
▸ noun:  discernment

Similar:
perspicacious, percipient, perceptive, clear-sighted, tactful, discriminating, clear-eyed, fine, discreet, apprehensive, more...

Opposite:
indiscriminate, unselective, undiscriminating

Types:
discriminating, judicious, judging, critical, analytical, perceptive, astute, more...

Phrases:
discerning of spirits, opposite of discerning, not clearly perceptible or discerning, possessor of a discerning palate, picky selective discerning, more...

Adjectives:
more, little, spiritual, true, such, clear, perfect, excellent, reflective, quick, right

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    charcoal,     taupe,     olive,     burgundy,     sage, more...



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Similar:
perspicacious, percipient, perceptive, clear-sighted, tactful, discriminating, clear-eyed, fine, discreet, apprehensive, more...

Opposite:
indiscriminate, unselective, undiscriminating

Types:
discriminating, judicious, judging, critical, analytical, perceptive, astute, more...

Phrases:
discerning of spirits, opposite of discerning, not clearly perceptible or discerning, possessor of a discerning palate, picky selective discerning, discerning taste, i look at her with a discerning look, more...

Adjectives:
more, little, spiritual, true, such, clear, perfect, excellent, reflective, quick, right

Colors:
    charcoal,     taupe,     olive,     burgundy,     sage, more...



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