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Wise

Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.

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Similar meaning 20

Forward 84% connected

An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

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Forward 84% connected

An agreement; a covenant; a promise.

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Informed 84% connected

of Inform

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Informed 84% connected

of Inform

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Omniscient 84% connected

Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitely knowing or wise; as, the omniscient God.

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Omniscient 84% connected

Having universal knowledge; knowing all things; infinitely knowing or wise; as, the omniscient God.

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Owlish 84% connected

Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.

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Owlish 84% connected

Resembling, or characteristic of, an owl.

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Perspicacious 84% connected

Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.

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Perspicacious 84% connected

Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.

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Prudent 84% connected

Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; se…

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Prudent 84% connected

Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; se…

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Sagacious 84% connected

Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.

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Sagacious 84% connected

Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.

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Sage 84% connected

A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the wh…

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Sage 84% connected

A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the wh…

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Sapient 84% connected

Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.

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Sapient 84% connected

Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt.

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Sapiential 84% connected

Having or affording wisdom.

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Sapiential 84% connected

Having or affording wisdom.

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Broader term 5

Fashion 76% connected

The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; as, the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house,…

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Manner 76% connected

Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.

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Mode 76% connected

Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Judiciousness 74% connected

The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.

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Judiciousness 74% connected

The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.

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See also 8

Advisable 66% connected

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

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Advisable 66% connected

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

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Politic 66% connected

Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

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Politic 66% connected

Of or pertaining to polity, or civil government; political; as, the body politic. See under Body.

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Prudent 66% connected

Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; se…

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Prudent 66% connected

Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; se…

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Synonym 9

Fresh 92% connected

Possessed of original life and vigor; new and strong; unimpaired; sound.

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Heady 92% connected

Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.

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Impertinent 92% connected

Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.

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Impudent 92% connected

Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy.

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Judicious 92% connected

Of or relating to a court; judicial.

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Knowing 92% connected

of Know

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Overbold 92% connected

Excessively or presumptuously bold; impudent.

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Saucy 92% connected

Showing impertinent boldness or pertness; transgressing the rules of decorum; treating superiors with contempt; impudent; insolent; as, a saucy fello…

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Smart 92% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Antonym 2

Foolish 94% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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Foolish 94% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

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