wise
Meaning
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- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- (colloquial) Disrespectful.
- (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).
Synonyms
wise to
be wise
be knowledgeable
be prudent
modus
sober-minded
be clever
learned person
well versed
wise person
be enlightened
enlightened person
be shrewd
well-reasoned
quick learner
be intelligent
judgematic
judgematical
has common sense
high-souled
be astute
be sagacious
clever in counsel
endowed with intellect
of a sound judgment
of good judgment
clear thinking
clear-thinking
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/waɪz/
Etymology
From Middle English wis, wys, from Old English wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos, *weydtos, a participle form of *weyd-. Cognate with Dutch wijs, German weise, Norwegian and Swedish vis. Compare wit.
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