Thesaurus / penetrating
FEEDBACK- astute
- incisive
- perceptive
- profound
- shrewd
- discerning
- discriminating
- keen
- searching
- acute
- critical
- penetrative
- perspicacious
- quick
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- sharp
- sharp-witted
antonyms for penetrating
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How to use penetrating in a sentence
Now, Fermi was doing something similar, but with a more penetrating probe.
HOW MATTER’S HIDDEN COMPLEXITY UNLEASHED THE POWER OF NUCLEAR PHYSICSEMILY CONOVERAPRIL 8, 2021SCIENCE NEWSCalm under fire, he possessed a sure and penetrating coup d'œil; he had great experience in war.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONHe had a loose hairy benignant face with a humorous but penetrating eye and the usual domelike brow.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONIt was shrill, it was penetrating, it rose and fell with a sort of ripping, tearing slash.
SCATTERGOOD BAINESCLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLANDNow and then - 63 -he turns his head slowly as he leads, and rests these keen, penetrating orbs on the sea of dancers below him.
THE REAL LATIN QUARTERF. BERKELEY SMITHSome were for trying a new line of road, and for penetrating into Guzerat through Rajpootana.
CONFESSIONS OF A THUGPHILIP MEADOWS TAYLORThe country into which they were penetrating is one of the most remarkable in the world for its physical peculiarities.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTZizi's penetrating glance overcame Molly's boldness and she trembled in silence as Zizi said, "by marriage!"
IN THE ONYX LOBBYCAROLYN WELLSFrozen by the sharp, penetrating north wind, Marie's teeth began to chatter convulsively.
THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS: ENVY AND INDOLENCEEUGNE SUEOne of the latter struck my knee with force enough to wound the bone without penetrating the grained-leather boot-leg.
FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WARVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO PENETRATING
- cogent
- conclusive
- detailed
- diagnostic
- discrete
- dissecting
- explanatory
- expository
- inquiring
- inquisitive
- interpretive
- investigative
- judicious
- logical
- organized
- penetrating
- perceptive
- perspicuous
- precise
- problem-solving
- questioning
- ratiocinative
- rational
- reasonable
- scientific
- searching
- solid
- sound
- studious
- subtle
- systematic
- testing
- thorough
- valid
- well-grounded
- analytic
- cogent
- conclusive
- detailed
- diagnostic
- discrete
- dissecting
- explanatory
- expository
- inquiring
- inquisitive
- interpretive
- investigative
- judicious
- logical
- organized
- penetrating
- perceptive
- perspicuous
- precise
- problem-solving
- questioning
- ratiocinative
- rational
- reasonably
- scientific
- searching
- solid
- sound
- studious
- subtle
- systematic
- testing
- thorough
- valid
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.