Antonyms of adj perceptive
1 of 2 senses of perceptive
Sense 2
perceptive (vs. unperceptive) -- (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation")
unperceptive (vs. perceptive), unperceiving -- (lacking perception; "as unperceptive as a boulder")
=> blind -- (unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions")
=> unobservant, unseeing -- (not consciously observing; "looked through him with blank unseeing eyes")
Similarity of adj perceptive
2 senses of perceptive
Sense 1
perceptive -- (of or relating to perception; "perceptive faculties")
Sense 2
perceptive (vs. unperceptive) -- (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation")
=> acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp -- (having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations")
=> apprehensive, discerning -- (quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne)
=> apperceptive -- (able to relate new percepts to past experience)
=> insightful -- (exhibiting insight or clear and deep perception; "an insightful parent"; "the chapter is insightful and suggestive of new perspectives"-R.C.Angell)
=> observant, observing -- (quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception)
=> quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, sharp-eyed -- (keenly perceptive or alert; "quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon)
=> subtle -- (able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind")
=> understanding -- (characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy; "an understanding friend")