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Showing words for DISCERN using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Discern

cinders, discern, rescind

6 Letter Words for Discern

cedrin, ciders, cinder, crined, crines, dicers, diners, drices, rinsed, scride, scried, scrine, sinder, snider

5 Letter Words for Discern

cedis, cerin, cider, cides, cines, cires, creds, cried, cries, crine, crise, deric, derns, dicer, dices, diner, dines, drice, dries, erics, icers, nerds, nicer, nides, reins, rends, resid, resin, riced, rices, riden, rides, rinds, rines, rinse, risen, scend, scind, scrin, sdein, seric, serin, sicer, sider, since, sined, sired, siren, snide

4 Letter Words for Discern

cedi, cens, cern, cide, cids, cine, cire, cred, cres, crin, cris, deis, deni, dens, dern, desc, desi, dice, dier, dies, dine, dins, dire, disc, drie, dsri, ends, eric, erin, eris, erns, iced, icer, ices, ides, incr, inde, ired, ires, isdn, ised, neds, nerd, nice, nide, nids, nied, nies, nsec, recd, recs, reds, rein, rend, rice, ride, rids, ries, rind, rine, rins, risc, rise, seir, send, sice, side, sien, sier, sind, sine, sire, sned

3 Letter Words for Discern

cdr, cen, cer, cid, cie, cir, cis, cns, crs, csi, dec, dei, den, der, des, die, din, dir, dis, dsr, eds, eir, enc, end, ens, erd, ern, ers, esc, esd, esr, ice, ide, ids, inc, ind, ins, ire, irs, ise, isn, ned, nei, nid, nie, nis, rcd, rec, red, rei, res, rid, rie, rin, rnd, scd, sci, scr, sec, sed, sei, sen, ser, sic, sie, sin, sir, sri

Definitions for Discern

[1] to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
[2] to distinguish mentally; recognize as distinct or different; discriminate: He is incapable of discerning right from wrong.
[3] to distinguish or discriminate.
[4] (tr) to recognize or perceive clearly
[5] to recognize or perceive (differences)

Words related to Discern

detect, foresee, anticipate, perceive, differentiate, determine, ascertain, distinguish, discriminate, divine, rubberneck, notice, espy, separate, read, remark, spot, discover, extricate, focus

Words nearby Discern

discant, discard, discarnate, discase, discectomy, discern, discernible, discerning, discernment, discerptible, discharge

Origin of Discern

1300–50; Middle English (< Old French ) < Latin discernere to separate, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + cernere to separate

Other words from Discern

dis·cern·er , noun
pre·dis·cern , verb (used with object)
un·dis·cerned , adjective

Word origin for Discern

C14: from Old French discerner, from Latin discernere to divide, from dis- 1 (apart) + cernere to separate

Synonyms for Discern

anticipate, ascertain, detect, determine, differentiate, discriminate, distinguish, divine, figure out, find out, foresee, perceive, apprehend, behold, descry, discover, espy, extricate, focus, judge, know, note, notice, observe, read, remark, rubberneck, secern, separate, severalize, spot, view, difference, discrepate, get a load of, get the picture, get wise to, make distinction, make out, pick out, see the light, see through, take in