Synonyms of percipience

percipience

noun

pər-ˈsi-pē-ən(t)s 

as in understanding

the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something

a novelist who reveals an exceptional percipience of human aspirations and desires

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understanding
• appreciation
• perception
• comprehension
• grasp
• awareness
• grip
• absorption
• apprehension
• conception
• uptake
• consciousness
• digestion
• hold
• realization
• assimilation
• enlightenment
• visualization

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incomprehension
• misunderstanding
• misinterpretation
• misapprehension
• noncomprehension
• misperception
• miscomprehension

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of percipience

More recent events sent me back to the novel itself, and to a new respect for Lewis’ percipience about Americans’ vulnerability to the blandishments of political charlatans, and about his oracular vision of how a fascist takeover would unfold. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2021

Jones has experience with a wide array of run-pass option plays as well, and his football percipience is highly regarded. — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2021