Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, sensible in action and thought |
| Synonyms: | advisable, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, discerning, discreet, economical, far-sighted, frugal, hedging one's bets, judgmatic, judicious, leery, playing safe, politic, provident, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, shrewd, sound, sparing, tactical, thinking twice, thrifty, vigilant, wary |
| Notes: | prudent means careful and sensible or marked by sound judgment, while prudish means excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct or dress |
| Antonyms: | careless, imprudent, incautious, unwise |
| Main Entry: | ripe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fully developed; experienced |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, adult, aged, completed, conditioned, consummate, enlightened, enriched, filled out, finished, fit, full, full-blown, full-fledged, fully grown, grown, grown-up, in readiness, increased, informed, judicious, learned, mature, matured, mellow, overdue, perfected, plump, prepared, prime, ready, ripened, sagacious, seasoned, skilled, skillful, sound, timely, usable, versed, well-timed, wise |
| Antonyms: | immature, inexperienced, undeveloped, unripe |
| 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: | sane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally sound; reasonable |
| Synonyms: | all there, balanced, both oars in water, commonsensical, compos mentis, discerning, fair-minded, fit, having all marbles, healthy, in one's right mind, intelligent, judicious, levelheaded, logical, lucid, moderate, normal, of sound mind, oriented, playing with full deck, prudent, rational, right, right-minded, sagacious, sage, sapient, self-possessed, sensible, sober, sound, steady, together*, well, wise |
| Antonyms: | crazy, insane, unreasonable, unsound, unstable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | savvy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shrewd |
| Synonyms: | acute, astute, brainy, cagey, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, discerning, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, heady, in the know, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, on the ball, perceptive, sagacious, sensible, sharp, slick*, sly, smart, smooth, streetwise, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, reasonable |
| Synonyms: | all there, astute, attentive, au courant, aware, canny, cognizant, commonsensical, conscious, consequent, conversant, cool*, discerning, discreet, discriminating, down-to-earth, far-sighted, having all one's marbles, in right mind, informed, intelligent, judicious, knowing, logical, matter-of-fact, practical, prudent, rational, sagacious, sage, sane, sentient, shrewd, sober, sound, together, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, wise, witting |
| Notes: | sensible means showing reason or sound judgment; sensitive means responsive to physical stimuli or having the capacity or ability of perceiving with a sense or senses |
| Antonyms: | indiscreet, senseless, unrealistic, unreasonable, unwise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shrewd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, intelligent |
| Synonyms: | acute, argute, artful, astucious, astute, brainy, cagey, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, cutting*, deep*, discerning, discriminating, farsighted, foxy*, heady, in the know, ingenious, inside, judicious, keen, knowing, on the inside, on top of, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, probing, profound, prudent, quick-witted, sagacious, savvy*, sensible, shark, sharp, slick*, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth, streetwise, tricky, underhand, up on, wily, wise, wised up |
| Antonyms: | foolish, frivolous, naive, stupid, unthinking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determined, resolute |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, brave, clear, cogent, courageous, dedicated, deep, eager, fervent, fervid, fierce, firm, forceful, gutsy, handful, hard-nosed, independent, intelligent, intense, iron-willed, keen, mean, perceptive, plucky, potent, pushy, resilient, resourceful, sagacious, self-assertive, severe, staunch, steadfast, take charge, tenacious, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding, vehement, violent, wicked*, zealous |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, complacent, easy-going, irresolute, laid-back, uncaring, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crafty, clever |
| Synonyms: | arch, artful, astute, cagey, crazy like a fox, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, deep, designing, foxy, greasy, guileful, insidious, intriguing, knowing, sagacious, scheming, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick*, slippery*, sly, smooth, sneaky, streetwise, tricky, underhanded |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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