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Nouns (12)

n. the trait of judging wisely and objectively; "a man of discernment"

n. delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"

appreciation, taste, perceptiveness

n. delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"

apprehension, understanding, savvy

n. the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"

judgment, judgement, sagacity, sagaciousness

n. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

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Fuzzynyms (108)

judgment, judgement, perspicacity, sound judgement, sound judgment

n. the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

moderation, temperance

n. the trait of avoiding excesses

cognition, knowledge

n. the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

familiarity, acquaintance, conversance, conversancy

n. personal knowledge or information about someone or something

data

n. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

information, info

n. a message received and understood

enlightenment

n. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

culture, acculturation

n. all the knowledge and values shared by a society

learning, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, scholarship

n. profound scholarly knowledge

literacy

n. the ability to read and write

preparation, grooming, training

n. activity leading to skilled behavior

schooling

n. the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)

steering, guidance, direction

n. the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

wisdom

n. accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

experience

n. the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"

intelligence, word, news, tidings

n. new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

sophistication, edification

n. uplifting enlightenment

education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, educational activity

n. the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"

gumption, sense, good sense, common sense, horse sense, mother wit

n. sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

perspicacity, astuteness, shrewdness, perspicaciousness

n. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

perception

n. the process of perceiving

sensitivity, sensitiveness

n. sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

perception, percept, perceptual experience

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

sympathy, understanding

n. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"

delicacy, discreetness, discretion, circumspection, prudence

n. knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

perspicacity, astuteness, shrewdness, perspicaciousness

n. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

brilliance, genius

n. unusual mental ability

cunning, ingenuity, ingeniousness

n. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

brain, brainpower, mentality, wit, mental capacity, learning ability

n. mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

perception, percept, perceptual experience

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

intellect, reason, understanding

n. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

discrimination

n. the cognitive process whereby two or more stimuli are distinguished

taste, gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste

n. the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"

logic

n. reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

intuition

n. instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

prevision, prescience

n. the power to foresee the future

position, view, perspective

n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

persuasion, view, opinion, thought, sentiment

n. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

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Antonyms (3)

folly, foolishness, unwiseness

n. the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

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