Definitions

wise

[wahyz] / waɪz /

ADJECTIVE

intelligent, reasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

astute aware careful educated enlightened experienced informed judicious knowledgeable perceptive prudent rational sagacious sane sensible smart thoughtful wary well-informed

STRONG

contemplative keen knowing sage sensing sharp sound understanding

WEAK

calculating clever cogitative crafty cunning discerning discreet erudite foresighted insightful intuitive perspicacious politic reflective sapient scholarly shrewd sophic tactful taught witty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless foolish heedless ignorant inattentive incautious indiscreet inexperienced irrational obtuse reckless senseless stupid thoughtless unaware uneducated uninformed unintelligent unknowledgeable unrealistic unreasonable unsophisticated unsound unwise

STRONG

idiotic

Example Sentences

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Funds such as the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF and the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund suffered billions of dollars worth of outflows through the tail end of May and beginning of June, Barron’s reported Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

A national treasure of a pairing which rolls off the tongue like Morecambe and Wise or Punch and Judy.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Wise has 14.8 million customers across the globe and handles $16 billion in flows every month, according to its website.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Prosecutors opened the investigation last year after Wise accounts were flagged in criminal proceedings in more than 30 European countries, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

I asked Mr. Wise if he knew who had killed Wellington on Thursday night.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

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