Synonyms for insightful

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perceptive · perspicacious

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Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Possessing insight; percipient.

   I found Duncan's comments to be insightful and thought-provoking.

Example sentences

• perceptive Too much alcohol paralyzes our perceptive powers.
• perspicacious Jane, your perspicacious child just figured out my Internet password.

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Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

10 letters

perceptive³

13 letters

perspicacious⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (perceptive³ = 3 syllables).