wising
Becoming more aware
Wising is the present participle of wise, almost always appearing in the phrase wising up—becoming aware of something previously overlooked or misunderstood, or growing shrewder generally: After getting scammed twice, she's finally wising up.
The form rarely appears outside this construction.
Grasping what's true
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
awareness · recognition · learning · discernment · perception · comprehension · epiphany · clarity
Practical shrewdness
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- shrewdnessKeen practical judgment
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- warinessCautious distrust
caution · suspicion · vigilance · guardedness · cynicism · worldliness · experience · sophistication
Giving informed guidance
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- guidingLeading toward destination
- informingConveying facts to another
educating · coaching · tipping off · warning · alerting · instructing · enlightening · briefing
realization
Grasping what's true
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- understandingMental comprehension of something
insight · awareness · recognition · learning · discernment · perception · comprehension · epiphany · clarity · consciousness
savvy
Practical shrewdness
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- shrewdnessKeen practical judgment
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
wariness · caution · suspicion · vigilance · guardedness · cynicism · worldliness · experience · sophistication · canniness
advising
Giving informed guidance
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- guidingLeading toward destination
informing · educating · coaching · tipping off · warning · alerting · instructing · enlightening · briefing · preparing
wisingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
turning a blind eye · tuning out · burying one's head in the sand · overlooking · disregarding
- wising upGaining practical awareness
wise, wisdom, unwise, wisely, otherwise, wiser, wisecrack, wisest, streetwise