Definition of percipient Percipient
/pɚsɪˈpiʌnt/ - [persipeeunt] - per•cip•i•ent
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What does percipient mean?
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| percipient - characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving; "clear mind"; "a percipient author" | ||
| clear | ||
| discerning having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" | ||
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| percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | ||
| perceiver, observer, beholder | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| eyeglass wearer a person who wears spectacles in order to see better | ||
| discoverer, finder, spotter optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest | ||
| hearer, listener, attender, auditor someone who listens attentively | ||
| audile one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor | ||
| motile one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action | ||
| noticer someone who gives formal notice | ||
| seer an observer who perceives visually; "an incurable seer of movies" | ||
| looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" | ||
| visualiser, visualizer one whose prevailing mental imagery is visual | ||
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Wiktionary 
- percipient (Noun)
One who perceives something. - percipient (Noun)
One who has perceived a paranormal event. - percipient (Adjective)
Having the ability to perceive, especially to perceive quickly. - percipient (Adjective)
Perceiving events only in the moment, without reflection, as a very young child.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- percipient (a.)
Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being. - percipient (n.)
One who, or that which, is percipient.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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percipient
per-sip′i-ent, adj. perceiving: having the faculty of perception.—n. one who perceives or who has the power of perceiving.—ns. Percip′ience, Percip′iency
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🔤- percipient, noun, singular of percipients.
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