Sapient: alternatives and connections

A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define…

Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.

An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony)

Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.

A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well…

Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.

Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.

Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason

In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely.

The act of discerning.

To set apart as being different; to mark as different; to separate from another by discerning differences; to distinguish.

(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.

Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony; as, an ironical remark.

One who uses irony.

Made or consisting of iron; partaking of iron; iron; as, irony chains; irony particles.