| a. | 1. | Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted. |
| Adj. | 1. | discerning - having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" Antonyms: undiscerning - lacking discernment |
| 2. | discerning - unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence" Synonyms: discreet | |
| 3. | discerning - quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne Synonyms: apprehensive | |
| 4. | discerning - able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color" |