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Percipient

Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being.

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Discerning 84% connected

of Discern

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Discerning 84% connected

of Discern

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Broader term 3

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Attender 76% connected

One who, or that which, attends.

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Auditor 76% connected

A hearer or listener.

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Discoverer 76% connected

One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

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Finder 76% connected

One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for th…

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Hearer 76% connected

One who hears; an auditor.

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Informant 76% connected

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

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Listener 76% connected

One who listens; a hearkener.

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Looker 76% connected

One who looks.

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Motile 76% connected

Having powers of self-motion, though unconscious; as, the motile spores of certain seaweeds.

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Noticer 76% connected

One who notices.

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Seer 76% connected

Sore; painful.

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Spectator 76% connected

One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show.

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Spotter 76% connected

One who spots.

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Viewer 76% connected

One who views or examines.

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Watcher 76% connected

One who watches; one who sits up or continues; a diligent observer; specifically, one who attends upon the sick during the night.

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Witness 76% connected

Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.

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Witnesser 76% connected

One who witness.

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Follow 74% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Notice 74% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Notice 74% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Perceive 74% connected

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

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Perceive 74% connected

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

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Beholder 92% connected

One who beholds; a spectator.

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Clear 92% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Observer 92% connected

One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomic…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Perceiver 92% connected

One who perceives (in any of the senses of the verb).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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