discerning

adjective

1. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment

- a discerning critic

- a discerning reader

Similar word(s): critical, clear, percipient, perspicacious, prescient, discriminating

2. unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic

- a discerning editor

Similar word(s): tactful, discreet

3. quick to understand

Similar word(s): perceptive, apprehensive

4. able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive

- discerning taste

- a discerning eye for color

Similar word(s): discriminating

noun

1. discernment

verb

1. present participle of discern