perceptivePronunciation: /pəˈsɛptɪv/Translate perceptive | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of perceptive adjective having or showing sensitive insight:an extraordinarily perceptive account of their relationshipDerivatives perceptively adverb perceptiveness noun perceptivityPronunciation: /-ˈtɪvɪti/ noun perceptive in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of perceptive in the US English dictionary