Synonyms for Insight
ˈɪnˌsaɪtin·sight

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. insight

   Sharpness, acuteness, and insight, however keen, and penetration, however deep, fall short of the meaning of acumen, which implies also ability to use these qualities to advantage. There are persons of keen insight and great penetration to whom these powers are practically useless. Acumen is sharpness to some purpose, and belongs to a mind that is comprehensive as well as keen. Cleverness is a practical aptitude for study or learning. Insight and discernment are applied oftenest to the judgment of character; penetration and perspicacity to other subjects of knowledge. Sagacity is an uncultured skill in using quick perceptions for a desired end, generally in practical affairs; acumen may increase with study, and applies to the most erudite matters. Shrewdness is keenness or sagacity, often with a somewhat evil bias, as ready to take advantage of duller intellects. Perspicacity is the power to see clearly through that which is difficult or involved. We speak of the acuteness of an observer or a reasoner, the insight and discernment of a student, a clergyman, or a merchant, the sagacity of a hound, the keenness of a debater, the shrewdness of a usurer, the penetration, perspicacity, and acumen of a philosopher.

   Synonyms:
   acumen, acuteness, cleverness, discernment, keenness, penetration, perspicacity, sagacity, sharpness, shrewdness

   Antonyms:
   bluntness, dulness, obtuseness, stupidity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. penetration, insightnoun

   clear or deep perception of a situation

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, penetration, insight, perceptivity, brainwave, brainstorm, incursion, sixth sense

2. insight, perceptiveness, perceptivitynoun

   a feeling of understanding

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, appreciation, penetration, taste, insight, discernment, perceptivity, brainwave, brainstorm, sixth sense

3. insight, brainstorm, brainwavenoun

   the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, penetration, cortical potential, insight, perceptivity, brainwave, brainstorm, brain wave, sixth sense

4. insight, sixth sensenoun

   grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

   Synonyms:
   penetration, perceptivity, brainstorm, insight, brainwave, sixth sense, perceptiveness

Matched Categories

1. • Intuition
   • Perception
   • Sensibility
   • Understanding

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insightnoun

   Synonyms:
   deep view, thorough knowledge

2. insightnoun

   Synonyms:
   discernment, penetration, quick perception

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. insightnoun

   Synonyms:
   discernment

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "insight":

   perspicacity, acumen, intuition, understanding, vision, knowledge, lucidity, overview, hunch, idea, discernment, perspectives, perspective, clear-sightedness, foresight, perception, prospects, far-sightedness

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1. List of known nicknames for "Insight":

   Soloplexus, Andre Todman

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How to use Insight in a sentence?

1. Brian Wieser:

   Verizon can append data it has, and has authorization to use in an anonymized fashion, to a digital ad sale, and it will have better insight as to when to buy low and sell high.

2. Ryan Reynolds:

   Representation and diversity need to be completely immersive, like, it needs to be embedded at the root of storytelling, and that's in both marketing and Hollywood. When you add perspective and insight that isn't your own, you grow. And you grow your company, too.

3. Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Peace and Violence, sct. 2, in Index, no. 4 (London, 1973.:

   It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes. It may even lie on the surface; but we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions— especially selfish ones.

4. The ECB:

   It is up to the relevant authorities and the entities themselves to determine if and when TIBER-EU based tests are performed, tests will be tailor-made and will not result in a pass or fail – rather they will provide the tested entity with insight into its strengths and weaknesses, and enable it to learn and evolve to a higher level of cyber maturity.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   I have real problems with that guy, he's a smart guy who's talking about things that I believe he doesn't have any real insight or knowledge or experience in. He keeps talking about things that when you dissect it out and parse it out, it doesn't make any sense.