wise

Plural: wises

Noun

• a way of doing or being
  • "in no wise"
  • "in this wise"
• United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
• United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
• Way, manner, or method.

Adjective

• Possessing good judgment, knowledge, and experience.
• having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
  • "a wise leader"
  • "a wise and perceptive comment"

Adjective Satellite

• marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
  • "a wise decision"
• evidencing the possession of inside information
• improperly forward or bold
  • "Don't get wise with me!"

Adj

• Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
• Disrespectful.
• Aware, informed (to something).

Verb

Verb Forms: wised, wising, wises

• To become aware or informed about something.
• To become wise.
• Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
• To instruct.
• To advise; induce.
• To show the way, guide.
• To direct the course of, pilot.
• To cause to turn.

Examples

• A WISE Scrabble player always considers defensive plays, not just offensive ones.
• After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
• After watching his opponent’s strategy, he began to WISE up to their tactics.
• Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan to call out sick.
• Don't get wise with me!
• Mo wised him up about his situation.
• Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
• They were considered the wise old men of the administration.

Synonyms

fresh, heady, impertinent, impudent, Isaac Mayer Wise, judicious, knowing, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart, Stephen Samuel Wise, wise to, astute, clairvoyant, deep, frood, grounded, oracular, perspicacious, politic, profound, prudent, quick-witted, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sapient, sensible, wise, witful

Antonyms

foolish, improvident, unwise

Related Words

intelligent, learned, wily

Anagrams of wise