wise
Full of insight
Wise is the adjective associated with wisdom; it is roughly opposite to ignorant and shares some meaning with intelligent and prudent.
A wise decision or choice brings good results; a wise investment brings a good return; wise words and sayings incorporate useful information.
The wise is used collectively to designate people who are wise.
Wise can be used disparagingly in some expressions like don’t get wise with me (where it means insolent).
To wise up is to become informed or aware.
Having keen judgment
- insightfulHaving penetrating discernment
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
- shrewdPractically clever, perceptive
keen · sharp · penetrating · sagacious · intuitive · perspicacious · observant · acute
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- educatedHaving received formal instruction
well-read · knowledgeable · intellectual · literate · studious · bookish · informed · cultured
Having sound assessment skills
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- circumspectCarefully considering consequences
- cautiousCareful to avoid risk
careful · levelheaded · measured · discreet · sober · deliberate · considered · balanced
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- guruRevered authority figure
- elderSenior figure of authority
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
prophet · mystic · shaman · Buddha · enlightened · awakened · zen · bodhi
Traditional saying expressing truth
- maximBrief moral principle
- adageTraditional pithy truth
- aphorismTerse general truth
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
dictum · truism · epigram · precept · saw · teaching · counsel · moral
discerning
Having keen judgment
- insightfulHaving penetrating discernment
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
shrewd · keen · sharp · penetrating · sagacious · intuitive · perspicacious · observant · acute · canny
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
educated · well-read · knowledgeable · intellectual · literate · studious · bookish · informed · cultured · lettered
judicious
Having sound assessment skills
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- circumspectCarefully considering consequences
cautious · careful · levelheaded · measured · discreet · sober · deliberate · considered · balanced · moderate
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
seer · prophet · mystic · shaman · Buddha · enlightened · awakened · zen · bodhi · moksha
proverb
Traditional saying expressing truth
axiom · dictum · truism · epigram · precept · saw · teaching · counsel · moral · lesson
mentor
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
philosopher · elder · pundit · scholar · savant · thinker · consultant · confidant · adviser · master
clockwise
Rightward circular motion
- likewiseIn similar manner
- otherwiseIn another manner
- lengthwiseAlong the longer dimension
crosswise · sidewise · stepwise · pairwise · crabwise · contrariwise · nowise · anywise · slantwise
wisefoolish
Lacking good sense
unwise · ill-advised · reckless · senseless · imprudent
- 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
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