wiser

ADJECTIVE

intelligent, reasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONG

contemplative cunning grasping keen knowing sage sensing sharp sound understanding

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONG

blunt dull kind

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wiser

“I’m older, wiser, stronger, he ain’t on the road grinding with Nekrogoblikon,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

This season, he’s healthy, wiser and ready to improvise even more to take advantage of his running and passing skills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He suggested that shoppers have gotten wiser, but not necessarily worse off.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Thirteen years since leaving the Bernabeu Stadium, he is older, greyer, and perhaps a little wiser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

And since Velma T.’s elixir was something relegated largely to newspaper advertisements and jokes, people would have been none the wiser.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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