perspicacious

Questions about perspicacious

What does perspicacious mean?

perspicacious means "acutely insightful and wise". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in perspicacious?

perspicacious has 4 syllables: per-spi-ca-cious. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /pɚspəˈkeɪʃəs/.

What is another word for perspicacious?

Close synonyms include sagacious, sapient, clear-eyed, clear-sighted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is perspicacious a common word?

perspicacious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with perspicacious?

1 word rhymes with perspicacious. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.