| Main Entry: |
foresighted
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | visionary |
| Synonyms: | farsighted, foreseeing, perceptive, prescient, provident, sagacious |
| Main Entry: | provident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, frugal |
| Synonyms: | canny, cautious, discreet, economical, expedient, far-sighted, foresighted, judicious, penny-pinching, politic, prepared, prudent, sagacious, saving, shrewd, sparing, thrifty, tight, unwasteful, vigilant, well-prepared, wise |
| Antonyms: | careless, improvident, spendthrift, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | sage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise |
| Synonyms: | astute, aware, careful, clever, contemplative, cunning, discerning, educated, enlightened, experienced, foresighted, informed, insightful, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, reflective, sagacious, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, thoughtful, understanding |
| Main Entry: | wise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent, reasonable |
| Synonyms: | astute, aware, calculating, careful, clever, cogitative, contemplative, crafty, cunning, discerning, discreet, educated, enlightened, erudite, experienced, foresighted, grasping, informed, insightful, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, prudent, rational, reflective, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sensing, sharp, shrewd, smart, sophic, sound, tactful, taught, thoughtful, understanding, wary, well-informed, witty |
| Antonyms: | foolish, ignorant, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise |
| Main Entry: | prescient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | perceptive |
| Synonyms: | farsighted, foresighted, judicious |
| Notes: | prescient is having foreknowledge, parviscient is having little knowledge, and nescient is lacking or disclaiming knowledge |
| Concept: | Sage. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
sage, wise man; master mind, master spirit of the age; longhead, thinker., authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo, Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, "second Daniel.", man of learning; expert; wizard., [Ironically] wiseacre, bigwig.
-adjectives
venerable, reverenced, emeritus.
-phrases
barba tenus sapientes.
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| Antonyms: | fool |
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