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sagaciousness
[suh-gey-shuhs] 
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sagaciousness
[suh-gey-shuhs]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wisdom |
| Synonyms: | acumen, astuteness, balance, brains, caution, circumspection, clear thinking, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, erudition, experience, foresight, good judgment, gumption*, horse sense, information, insight, intelligence, judgment, judiciousness, knowledge, learning, pansophy, penetration, perspicacity, poise, practicality, profundity, prudence, reason, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, savoir faire, savvy*, shrewdness, solidity, sophistication, stability, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intuitiveness, awareness |
| Synonyms: | acumen, click*, comprehension, discernment, divination, drift*, intuition, judgment, observation, penetration, perception, perceptivity, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, shrewdness, understanding, vision, wavelength, wisdom |
| Notes: | incite means to provoke or stir up while insight means clear or deep perception of a situation |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, stupidity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wit/wits |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, intelligence |
| Synonyms: | acumen, acuteness, astucity, astuteness, awareness, balance, brainpower, brains, cleverness, common sense, comprehension, depth of perception, discernment, discrimination, esprit, grasp, ingenuity, insight, keenness, lucidity, marbles, mentality, mind, perception, perspicacity, practicality, prudence, rationality, reason, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, saneness, sanity, sapience, sense, shrewdness, soundness, understanding, wisdom |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, stupidity |
| Main Entry: | clear-sightedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discernment |
| Synonyms: | acumen, astuteness, discrimination, insightfulness, judgment, keenness, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness |
| Main Entry: | profundity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wisdom |
| Synonyms: | acumen, astuteness, balance, brains, caution, circumspection, clear thinking, comprehension, depth, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, erudition, experience, foresight, good judgment, gumption*, horse sense, information, insight, intelligence, judgment, judiciousness, knowledge, learning, pansophy, penetration, perspicacity, poise, practicality, prudence, reason, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, savoir faire, savvy*, shrewdness, solidity, sophistication, stability, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sageness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wisdom |
| Synonyms: | acumen, astuteness, balance, brains, caution, circumspection, clear thinking, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, erudition, experience, foresight, good judgment, gumption*, horse sense, information, insight, intelligence, judgment, judiciousness, knowledge, learning, pansophy, penetration, perspicacity, poise, practicality, profundity, prudence, reason, sagaciousness, sagacity, sanity, sapience, savoir faire, savvy*, shrewdness, solidity, sophistication, stability, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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