All discriminating synonyms
dis·crim·i·nat·ing
D d adj discriminating
- critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- choosy — Someone who is choosy is difficult to please because they will only accept something if it is exactly what they want or if it is of very high quality.
- discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- fastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- selective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- eclectic — made up of what is selected from different sources.
- refined — having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc.: refined people.
- finicky — excessively particular or fastidious; difficult to please; fussy.
- astute — If you describe someone as astute, you think they show an understanding of behaviour and situations, and are skilful at using this knowledge to their own advantage.
- fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- select — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- cultivated — If you describe someone as cultivated, you mean they are well educated and have good manners.
- acute — An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'.
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- distinctive — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
- judicious — using or showing judgment as to action or practical expediency; discreet, prudent, or politic: judicious use of one's money.
- opinionated — obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- picky — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- prudent — wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; sober.
- sensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- tasteful — having, displaying, or in accordance with good taste: tasteful clothing; a tasteful room.
- wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- finical — finicky.