Perspicacity

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  • noun. Acuteness of perception, discernment, or understanding.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or character of being perspicacious.
  • noun. Acuteness of discernment or understanding; penetration; sagacity: as, a man of great perspicacity.
  • noun. Synonyms Sagacity, etc. (see judgment), insight.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.
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  • noun. Acute discernment or understanding; insight.
  • noun. The human faculty or power to mentally grasp or understand clearly.
  • noun. Keen eyesight.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
  • noun. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
    • Word Usage
    "When you come out of it (takes just a couple of minutes) all the fire and brimstone and luminous perspicacity is gone."
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acumen  adaptability  aplomb  astuteness  cleverness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acuity  acumen  acuteness  apperception  astuteness  
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