discriminating

adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment

especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating

eye of the connoisseur" [ant: {undiscriminating}]

2: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions;

"discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" [syn: {discriminate}]

[ant: {indiscriminate}]

3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine

distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and

politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike

reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a

fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative

observations" [syn: {acute}, {incisive}, {keen}, {knifelike},

{penetrating}, {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}]