WISE
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Wise describes someone with good judgment born from experience and reflection—the ability to see what matters and act accordingly.
A wise decision shows sound thinking.
A wise person offers counsel worth heeding.
None the wiser means still ignorant despite opportunity to learn.
The suffix -wise turns nouns into adverbs meaning "with respect to": weather-wise, money-wise.
To wise up is to become aware of something you should have noticed: He finally wised up to the scam.
Exercising sound judgment
- judiciousHaving sound assessment skills
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
- perceptiveQuick to understand
insightful · discerning · sagely · circumspect · thoughtful · measured · cautious · levelheaded
Having acute mental discernment
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- knowledgeableHaving extensive information
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
educated · informed · intellectual · enlightened · studious · well-read · bookish · literate
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- elderSenior figure of authority
- guruRevered authority figure
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
prophet · mystic · shaman · buddha · sensei · mentor · philosopher · yogi
Traditional pithy truth
- maximBrief moral principle
- aphorismTerse general truth
- sayingShort, wise expression
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
truism · proverb · epigram · motto · dictum · counsel · teaching · parable
Flippant clever remark
- wiseacreIrritating would-be wit
- wiseguySarcastic quipster or mobster
- smart aleckAnnoyingly self-satisfied quipper
- know-it-allSelf-proclaimed authority on everything
streetwise · savvy · canny · sly · crafty · cunning · slick · sharp
prudent
Exercising sound judgment
- judiciousHaving sound assessment skills
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
perceptive · insightful · discerning · sagely · circumspect · thoughtful · measured · cautious · levelheaded · rational
sagacious
Having acute mental discernment
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- knowledgeableHaving extensive information
scholarly · educated · informed · intellectual · enlightened · studious · well-read · bookish · literate · academic
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
seer · prophet · mystic · shaman · buddha · sensei · mentor · philosopher · yogi · rabbi
adage
Traditional pithy truth
axiom · truism · proverb · epigram · motto · dictum · counsel · teaching · parable · fable
wisecrack
Flippant clever remark
- wiseacreIrritating would-be wit
- wiseguySarcastic quipster or mobster
- smart aleckAnnoyingly self-satisfied quipper
know-it-all · streetwise · savvy · canny · sly · crafty · cunning · slick · sharp · quick-witted
- Space TelescopesHubble, JWST, James Webb, Webb telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Scientologyauditing, auditor, clear, Dianetics, engram
- Space MissionsVoyager, Cassini, Galileo, Pioneer, Juno
WISEignorant
Lacking knowledge or awareness
naive · inexperienced · uninformed · unlearned · callow
- wisdom teethFinal molars to erupt
- wisdom toothLate-erupting back molar
- words to the wiseAdvisory for the discerning
- timeless wisdomKnowledge that stays relevant forever
- wise upBecome aware, belatedly
- wise guySarcastic, flippant person