Synonyms for wise
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1. wise

   Sagacious refers to a power of tracing the hidden or recondite by slight indications, as by instinct or intuition; it is not now applied to mere keenness of sense-perception. We do not call a hound sagacious in following a clear trail; but if he loses the scent, as at the edge of a stream, and circles around till he strikes it again, his conduct is said to be sagacious. In human affairs sagacious refers to a power of ready, far-reaching, and accurate inference from observed facts perhaps in themselves very slight, that seems like a special sense; or to a similar readiness to foresee the results of any action, especially upon human motives or conduct — a kind of prophetic common sense. Sagacious is a broader and nobler word than shrewd, and not capable of the invidious sense which the latter word often bears; on the other hand, sagacious is less lofty and comprehensive than wise in its full sense, and more limited to matters of direct practical moment. Compare ASTUTE; WISDOM.

   Synonyms:
   able, acute, apt, clear-sighted, discerning, intelligent, judicious, keen, keen-sighted, keen-witted, perspicacious, quick of scent, quick-scented, rational, sagacious, sage, sensible, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd

   Antonyms:
   absurd, dull, foolish, futile, ignorant, irrational, obtuse, senseless, silly, simple, sottish, stupid, undiscerning, unintelligent

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1. wise

   Synonyms:
   intelligent, learned, skilled, judicious, rational, discreet, prudent

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1. wisenoun

   a way of doing or being

   "in no wise"; "in this wise"

   Antonyms:
   uninformed, fatuous, rattlebrained, ridiculous, zany, idiotic, ludicrous, whacky, asinine, sappy, foolish, imprudent, derisory, harebrained, mad, insane, misguided, preposterous, silly, absurd, vacuous, ill-conceived, inane, mindless, unwise, scatty, rattlepated, cockamamie, fond, backward, cockeyed, laughable, goofy, nonsensical, scatterbrained, wacky, cockamamy

2. Wise, Stephen Samuel Wisenoun

   United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)

   Antonyms:
   mindless, preposterous, cockeyed, insane, ill-conceived, foolish, absurd, nonsensical, unwise, cockamamy, derisory, zany, silly, mad, harebrained, ridiculous, wacky, vacuous, fond, idiotic, asinine, misguided, whacky, uninformed, inane, sappy, goofy, imprudent, rattlepated, rattlebrained, cockamamie, fatuous, ludicrous, scatty, backward, scatterbrained, laughable

3. Wise, Isaac Mayer Wiseadjective

   United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)

   Antonyms:
   preposterous, fatuous, sappy, derisory, misguided, asinine, rattlepated, ridiculous, unwise, inane, idiotic, fond, wacky, ludicrous, imprudent, harebrained, cockeyed, foolish, vacuous, absurd, insane, backward, nonsensical, ill-conceived, cockamamy, mad, cockamamie, uninformed, rattlebrained, silly, goofy, mindless, zany, whacky, scatty, scatterbrained, laughable

4. wiseadjective

   having or prompted by wisdom or discernment

   "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

   Synonyms:
   smart, overbold, sassy, impertinent, wise(p), saucy, knowing, judicious, wise to(p), heady, fresh, impudent

   Antonyms:
   uninformed, goofy, rattlepated, fond, wacky, rattlebrained, absurd, ridiculous, zany, nonsensical, scatterbrained, idiotic, derisory, inane, cockamamy, fatuous, vacuous, ludicrous, scatty, misguided, sappy, insane, cockamamie, mad, cockeyed, silly, laughable, harebrained, backward, ill-conceived, unwise, preposterous, foolish, imprudent, mindless, asinine, whacky

5. judicious, wise, headyadjective

   marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

   "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

   Synonyms:
   impertinent, intoxicating, knowing, heady, smart, fresh, sassy, foolhardy, judicious, rash, reckless, saucy, wise(p), wise to(p), overbold, impudent

   Antonyms:
   backward, ludicrous, derisory, silly, cockamamy, vacuous, rattlepated, misguided, laughable, absurd, fatuous, scatty, harebrained, scatterbrained, insane, sappy, foolish, unwise, whacky, ridiculous, cockeyed, mad, imprudent, mindless, idiotic, zany, asinine, nonsensical, preposterous, cockamamie, ill-conceived, wacky, rattlebrained, uninformed, fond, goofy, inane

6. knowing, wise(p), wise to(p)adjective

   evidencing the possession of inside information

   Antonyms:
   imprudent, sappy, whacky, insane, ill-conceived, idiotic, cockeyed, wacky, laughable, inane, cockamamy, vacuous, rattlebrained, unwise, fond, uninformed, zany, nonsensical, harebrained, scatty, absurd, foolish, silly, ridiculous, mad, ludicrous, preposterous, cockamamie, derisory, asinine, fatuous, mindless, goofy, misguided, scatterbrained, backward, rattlepated

7. fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wiseadjective

   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!"

   Synonyms:
   invigorated, flip, chic, brisk, saucy, heady, new, pert, wise(p), smart, sassy, overbold, judicious, orthogonal, irreverent, clean, insolent, sweet, immaterial, impertinent, fresh, snotty-nosed, knowing, reinvigorated, impudent, novel, refreshing, refreshful, unused, voguish, tonic, refreshed, bracing, wise to(p), extraneous, unfermented, bright

   Antonyms:
   wacky, preposterous, uninformed, imprudent, mindless, goofy, fatuous, derisory, cockamamy, foolish, misguided, mad, whacky, zany, ridiculous, rattlepated, backward, asinine, insane, inane, laughable, rattlebrained, ill-conceived, vacuous, scatterbrained, cockeyed, silly, absurd, scatty, harebrained, idiotic, ludicrous, unwise, nonsensical, sappy, cockamamie, fond

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1. wiseadjective

   Synonyms:
   sensible, sapient, sage, judicious, sagacious, oracular, prudent, discreet, considerate, discerning, reasonable, rational, intelligent, enlightened, sound, solid, philosophical, of good judgment

2. wiseadjective

   Synonyms:
   erudite, learned

3. wiseadjective

   Synonyms:
   crafty, cunning, subtle, sly, foxy, wily, politic, knowing, designing, long-headed

4. wisenoun

   Synonyms:
   manner, way, mode, fashion

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1. wiseadjective

   Synonyms:
   erudite, sapient, learned, philosophical, enlightened, sage, sagacious, expedient

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1. List of paraphrases for "wise":

   sensible, sage, prudent, judicious, sages, intelligent, wisdom, al-hakim, clever, hakim, smart, unwise, advisable, hakeem, geds, reasonable, sound, elders, astute, rational, cautious, al-hekma, informed

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1. List of known nicknames for "Wise":

   Leonardo Roman, WISE, Wise Da' Gangsta

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1. WISE

   Synonyms:
   Women's ischaemia Syndrome Evaluation

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1. Francis Bacon:

   It is impossible to love and to be wise.

2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

   Wise and prudent men -- intelligent conservatives -- have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing times.

3. William Shakespeare:

   Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise.

4. Johan Wolfgang von Goethe:

   All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times, but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, til they take root in our personal experience.

5. Anonymous:

   Money for the wise is a necessity of life, not a reason to live