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, perceptivity, brainwave, brainstorm, incursion, sixth sense

2. insight, perceptiveness, perceptivitynoun

   a feeling of understanding

   Synonyms:
   perceptiveness, appreciation, penetration, taste, 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, perceptivity, brainwave, brainstorm, brain wave, sixth sense

4. insight, sixth sensenoun

   grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

   Synonyms:
   penetration, perceptivity, brainstorm, 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

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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. Ian Phillips:

   Karin Laub will give AP's customers valuable insight into the inner workings, and also fears, of a country that has traditionally been a rock of stability but that is now faced with the considerable threat of the Islamic State group on its doorstep.

2. Benjamin W. Decker:

   Through the cultivation of the fruit of the Spirit within our hearts, we begin to experience deeper gifts, including a gift of discernment that provides personal insight and revelation.

3. Jennifer Benka:

   Poems are comprised of everyday material expertly arranged in ways that require a reader's time and reflection, but the reward is great: a memorable insight into our humanity, a line that perfectly encapsulates a moment or a truth we want to remember, an experience with language that provokes new ideas and deeper understanding.

4. Henri Courpron:

   I do not expect Robert Milton to interfere with the CEO, but rather use Robert Milton insight and experience to support and encourage Munoz to re-evaluate the overall post-merger strategy for the airline as it appears to be lagging its peers on several fronts.

5. Marco Rubio:

   Donald Trump don't want kids at a young age exposed to lyrics that somehow glamorize a lifestyle that's art, it's not reality, so one of the issues with the'90s hip hop music is that it had lyrics that were offensive. What it actually was were people who were living in those circumstances expressing what their life was like. In the West Coast case, for example, in South Central L.A. And so it gave insight into the lives that they were living.