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Having or showing keenness of perception

Alert, focussed, or on top of things

Showing, or indicative of, good insight or judgment

Based on, or in accordance with, reason or logic

Animate and responsive to stimuli

Having knowledge of events before they take place

Having or displaying an appreciation of the feelings of others

Being easily influenced (especially of young people)

(of a person) Having emotional or mental peace

Objective or fair, after taking everything into account

Determined or passionate in one's beliefs, interests or endeavors

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Adjective

Having or showing keenness of perception

knows what's what

ear to the ground

over-particular

impossible to please

difficult to please

with good taste

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“Thus, the student's senses were perceptive to environmental clues and cues.”

Adjective

Alert, focussed, or on top of things

paying attention

on the qui vive

not missing a trick

fast on the draw

listening carefully

with one's eyes skinned

with eyes like a hawk

not missing much

keeping a weather eye on

keeping one's eyes peeled

keeping a weather eye open

keeping one's eyes open

standing at attention

with eyes peeled

with one's eyes open

having eyes in the back of your head

with one's eyes opened

excessively aware

extremely aware

quick off the mark

quick on the uptake

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

with your wits about you

belt-and-braces

with reservations

watching one's step

keeping on one's toes

walking on eggs

handling with kid gloves

keeping a weather eye on things

lacking confidence

with weather eye open

not born yesterday

walking on egg shells

hedging your bets

playing your cards close to your chest

have misgivings

have reservations

keeping one's eyes skinned

upon one's guard

having reservations

been hit before

stick-in-the-mud

having foresight

acquainted with

know ins and outs

know all the answers

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“A perceptive watchman over the darkling plain of social change, Coleridge was acutely aware of the industrialization of the book trade.”

Adjective

Showing, or indicative of, good insight or judgment

quick on the uptake

quick off the mark

hyperintelligent

full of insight

with great knowledge

showing great knowledge

sharp as a tack

well thought out

quick on the trigger

having been around

quick on the draw

not born yesterday

entrepreneurial

not missing a trick

smart as a tack

knowing how many beans make five

with all one's wits about one

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

smart as a whip

capable of learning

having a good head on one's shoulders

know how many beans make five

having no flies on

knows what's what

ear to the ground

thinking outside the box

treating with kid gloves

politically correct

ahead of one's peers

out of the ordinary

old beyond one's years

advanced for one's age

as sharp as a tack

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“A perceptive manager knows by experience that projects do not always go according to plan.”

Adjective

Based on, or in accordance with, reason or logic

well thought out

holding together

with both feet on the ground

showing great knowledge

with great knowledge

able to hold water

incontrovertible

well-thought-out

well-established

sufficiently good

beyond question

unobjectionable

unexceptionable

fair-to-middling

full of common sense

having to do with

having direct bearing on

circumstantiated

from the horse's mouth

based on good sense

within the bounds of possibility

in one's right mind

honest-to-goodness

uncounterfeited

copper-bottomed

unchallengeable

based on hard data

based on hard facts

coming on strong

straightforward

well-structured

thought through

carrying conviction

got it together

as sure as eggs is eggs

standing to reason

one-hundred percent

well considered

straight-thinking

tried and trusted

tried and tested

on the up-and-up

no buts about it

twenty-four-carat

well documented

straight from horse's mouth

ceremonialistic

having all one's marbles

not taking no for an answer

within possibility

within the realms of possibility

in every respect

run-of-the-mill

completely understandable

middle-of-the-road

earth-shattering

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“Stratton makes a perceptive argument for its usefulness while mitigating its drawbacks.”

Adjective

Animate and responsive to stimuli

well informed about

intimately aware

in the know about

acquainted with

knowledgeable about

au courant with

very mindful of

fully recognizant of

well informed of

well acquainted with

acutely conscious of

very familiar with

fully cognizant of

very sensitive to

closely conversant with

extremely alert to

able to recognize

conversant with

up to date with

familiarised^UK

familiarized^US

genned up about

enlightened about

up-to-the-minute

flesh-and-blood

capable of feeling

among the living

in the land of the living

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“It is an extension of the world of experience that, in part, identifies the viewer as a perceptive, sentient being.”

Adjective

Having knowledge of events before they take place

prognosticative

forward-looking

with second sight

with a sixth sense

parapsychological

having second sight

having sixth sense

prognosticating

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Adjective

Having or displaying an appreciation of the feelings of others

sympathising^UK

sympathizing^US

philanthropical

good-humoured^UK

good-humored^US

public-spirited

heart in right place

well intentioned

self-sacrificing

having heart in right place

self-controlled

self-restrained

loving and giving

socially conscious

willing to forgive

generous to a fault

non-judgemental

well-intentioned

willing to please

favourably disposed

eager to please

non-restrictive

live-and-let-live

with the patience of Job

hail-fellow-well-met

going easy with

going along with

able to live with

non-confrontational

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Adjective

Being easily influenced (especially of young people)

easily influenced

like putty in your hands

go-with-the-flow

open to suggestions

open to new ideas

ready to consider new ideas

willing to consider new ideas

putty in one's hands

rolls with punches

easily deceived

easily taken in

easily taken advantage of

readily taken advantage of

able to be influenced

easily persuaded

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Adjective

(of a person) Having emotional or mental peace

cool, calm and collected

cool as a cucumber

self-controlled

keeping one's shirt on

keeping a stiff upper lip

have one's act together

not turn a hair

sure of oneself

keeping your cool

with one's feet on the ground

full of common sense

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Adjective

Objective or fair, after taking everything into account

non-discriminatory

anti-discrimination

non-judgemental

nondiscriminatory

with no axe to grind

without fear or favour

nondiscriminating

free from discrimination

without favouritism

on the up and up

fair and square

middle-of-the-road

free from self-interest

without prejudice

sitting on the fence

on the up-and-up

fair-and-square

that takes everything into account

fair-to-middling

full of integrity

open to new ideas

open to suggestions

non-discriminating

non-participating

forward-thinking

not taking sides

according to the rules

live-and-let-live

non-restrictive

strictly business

straightforward

nonparticipating

anti-corruption

middle of the road

blowing hot and cold

without distinction

according to Hoyle

straddling the fence

right and proper

politically disinterested

politically unaware

equal-opportunity

philanthropical

high-principled

non-reactionary

uncontroversial

betwixt and between

hemming and hawing

running hot and cold

hedging your bets

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Adjective

Determined or passionate in one's beliefs, interests or endeavors

keen as mustard

full of determination

tried and tested

meaning business

full of get-up-and-go

full of vim and vigour

pulling no punches

alive and kicking

coming on strong

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

as game as Ned Kelly

full of the joys of spring

bright and breezy

sure of oneself

tough as old boots

like a ball of fire

desiring success

as tough as old boots

straightforward

committed to the idea of

tall in the saddle

on one's mettle

difficult to keep down

no holds barred

quick to bounce back

tried and trusted

quick to recover

rolling with punches

self-opinionated

not giving an inch

not backward in coming forward

dyed-in-the-wool

through and through

bred-in-the-bone

through-and-through

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