Nouns (5)
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wise
n. a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"
Wise, Stephen Samuel Wise
n. United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Wise, Isaac Mayer Wise
n. United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
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Adjectives (14)
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wise
adj. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"
wise, diplomatic
adj. (statesmanlike)
judicious, wise, heady
adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"
fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise
adj. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"
Fuzzynyms (106)
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circumspect, discreet
adj. heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"
careful
adj. full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41
judicious, wise, heady
adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"
judicious, sensible
adj. proceeding from good judgment
judicious
adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"
worldly-wise
adj. experienced in and wise to the ways of the world
cautious
adj. showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver"
guarded, restrained
adj. prudent; "guarded optimism"
farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted
adj. planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound
adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"
prescient
adj. perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
astute, sharp, shrewd
adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
apprehensive, discerning, perceptive
adj. quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
cagey, cagy, canny, clever
adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
intelligent
adj. having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"
thoughtful
adj. having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"
profound
adj. showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth; "the differences are profound"; "a profound insight"; "a profound book"; "a profound mind"; "profound contempt"; "profound regret"
important, of import
adj. of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
knowing, wise(p), wise to(p)
adj. evidencing the possession of inside information
searching, trenchant
adj. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
wise
adj. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"
judicious
adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"
judicious, sensible
adj. proceeding from good judgment
worldly-wise
adj. experienced in and wise to the ways of the world
cautious
adj. showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver"
argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful
adj. carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow"
farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted
adj. planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound
adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"
prescient
adj. perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
perspicacious, sagacious, sapient
adj. acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"
astute, sharp, shrewd
adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
cagey, cagy, canny, clever
adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
cagey, cagy, chary
adj. characterized by great caution and wariness; "a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks involved"; "a chary investor"
utilitarian
adj. having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain utilitarian kitchenware"
reasonable, sensible
adj. showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
casual, insouciant, nonchalant
adj. marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"
bold
adj. fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"
audacious, daring, venturesome, venturous
adj. disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"
impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy
adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"
nervy
adj. showing or requiring courage and contempt of danger; "the nervy feats of mountaineers"
pushful, pushy
adj. marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"
alert, watchful
adj. engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"
chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty
adj. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
Synonyms (13)
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circumspect, discreet
adj. heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"
provident
adj. careful in regard to your own interests; "the prudent use and development of resources"; "wild squirrels are provident"
prudential
adj. arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters; "he abstained partly for prudential reasons"
brash, cheeky, nervy
adj. offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"
bumptious, self-assertive
adj. offensively self-assertive
overfamiliar
adj. taking undue liberties; "young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them"
assumptive, assuming, presumptuous
adj. excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
Antonyms (4)
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foolish
adj. devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
stupid
adj. lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
imprudent
adj. not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger
foolish
adj. devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
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