Noun | 1. | perceptiveness - a feeling of understanding Synonyms: perceptivity, insight |
2. | perceptiveness - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" | |
3. | perceptiveness - perception of that which is obscure Synonyms: discernment | |
4. | perceptiveness - the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding Antonyms: unperceptiveness - the lack of insight and sympathetic understanding |