insightful

English

Etymology

A recent formation from insight +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsaɪt.f(ə)l/, /ˈɪn.saɪt.f(ə)l/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: inciteful

Adjective

insightful (comparative more insightful, superlative most insightful)

1. Possessing insight; percipient. [from 20th c.]

   I found Duncan's comments to be insightful and thought-provoking.

   • 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 49:

     Appendix 4 lays out the current analysis of the liner train concept, concluding the report with perhaps its most insightful innovation.

Derived terms

• insightfully
• insightfulness
• noninsightful
• uninsightful

Translations

possessing insight — see also perspicacious

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 深刻 (zh) (shēnkè), 有見地的 / 有见地的 (zh) (yǒu jiàndì de), 有遠見的 / 有远见的 (zh) (yǒu yuǎnjiàn de)

• Dutch: inzichtelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: akrasenta
• Finnish: oivaltava (fi)
• French: perspicace (fr)
• German: einfühlsam (de), verständnisvoll (de); verständig (de); scharfsinnig (de); aufschlussreich (de), erkenntnisreich, klarsichtig
• Icelandic: upplýsandi
• Italian: perspicace (it), lungimirante (it), acuto (it), fine (it)
• Portuguese: perspicaz (pt)
• Sanskrit: कवि (sa) (kavi)
• Serbo-Croatian: pronicljiv (sh)
• Swedish: insiktsfull (sv)