sagacity
Keen mental discernment
Sagacity is keen mental discernment and sound judgment, especially in practical matters.
The word suggests wisdom that comes from experience and careful observation rather than book learning: Her sagacity in business matters made her invaluable to the company.
A sagacious person sees through confusion to what actually matters.
Careful, wise judgment
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- sapienceProfound intellectual discernment
- profoundnessQuality of great significance
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
thoughtfulness · reason · judgment · maturity · circumspection · depth · insight · reflection
Knowledge of future events
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- providenceDivine protective care
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- forethoughtPlanning before acting
vision · far-sightedness · planning · premeditation · proactivity · long-term · strategic · precaution
Sensitivity in speech
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
sensitivity · care · prudence · restraint · delicacy · measured · advisedness · guardedness
Keen practical judgment
- astutenessShrewd perceptiveness
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
- perspicacityKeen mental perception
perception · quick-wittedness · keenness · savvy · ingenuity · acuity · penetration · canniness
Careful weighing of choices
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
rationality · logic · judiciousness · discernment · soundness · level-headedness · measured · balanced
prudence
Careful, wise judgment
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- sapienceProfound intellectual discernment
- profoundnessQuality of great significance
enlightenment · thoughtfulness · reason · judgment · maturity · circumspection · depth · insight · reflection · contemplation
prescience
Knowledge of future events
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- providenceDivine protective care
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
forethought · vision · far-sightedness · planning · premeditation · proactivity · long-term · strategic · precaution · preparation
tact
Sensitivity in speech
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
circumspection · sensitivity · care · prudence · restraint · delicacy · measured · advisedness · guardedness · wariness
shrewdness
Keen practical judgment
- astutenessShrewd perceptiveness
- sharpnessKeenness of edge, mind, or image
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
perspicacity · perception · quick-wittedness · keenness · savvy · ingenuity · acuity · penetration · canniness · nous
deliberation
Careful weighing of choices
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
decision-making · rationality · logic · judiciousness · discernment · soundness · level-headedness · measured · balanced · considered
- intellectintelligence, intellect, brainpower, mind, cognition
- Mental facultieswisdom, insight, judgment, understanding, discernment
- prudencecaution, discretion, foresight, forethought, judiciousness
- wisdomwisdom, sapience, discernment, insight, prudence
- judgmentgood judgment, sound judgment, discernment, prudence, judiciousness
- thinking traitscritical thinking, analytical thinking, open-mindedness, curiosity, intellectual humility
sagacityfoolishness
Unwise conduct
folly · stupidity · idiocy · imbecility · witlessness
sagacityobtuseness
Slowness to understand
dullness · density · dimness · slowness · thick-headedness
sagacityfoolishness
Unwise conduct
stupidity · folly · idiocy · obtuseness · witlessness