Fatuous and Percipient
Opposite meaning words
Fatuous
Fatuous adjective - Not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily.
Usage example: the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little
Percipient is an antonym for fatuous.
Percipient
Percipient adjective - Characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving.
Fatuous is an antonym for percipient.
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Percipient and Fatuous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fatuous/percipient
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