Good
Good adjective - Based on sound reasoning or information.
Perceptive and good are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perceptive" instead an adjective "Good".
Perceptive
Perceptive adjective - Able to sense slight impressions or differences.
Usage example: due to their ability to rotate their ears, cats are very perceptive when it comes to pinpointing the source of a sound
Good and perceptive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Good" instead an adjective "Perceptive".
Both words in one sentence
- Aribeth in Neverwinter Nights is presented as good, nice, kind, politically savvy, capable, perceptive, and not above having a laugh at your expense.
Source: Good Is Not Dumb - Being perceptive and a good reader of people, he then does a series of deals with BOTH criminal heads, slowly carving out his own influence and slowly pitting them against each other and the police for his own benefit.
- D'Artagnan from Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers is very perceptive and good at Indy Ploys, but "had never been able to cram the first rudiments of [Latin] into his head, and [...] had by his ignorance driven his master to despair".
Source: Book Dumb
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