worldly-wise [wurld-lee-wahyz]
Main Entry:
worldly-wise [wurld-lee-wahyz]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: experienced in life
Synonyms: aware, cosmopolitan, cultivated, cultured, enlightened, experienced, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, mature, seasoned, sophisticated, urbane, worldly
Antonyms: inexperienced, naïve, simple, unsophisticated
Main Entry: discreet
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cautious, sensible
Synonyms: alert, attentive, awake, cagey, calculating, careful, chary, circumspect, civil, conservative, considerate, controlled, diplomatic, discerning, discriminating, gingerly, guarded, having foresight, heedful, intelligent, judicious, like a clam, moderate, noncommittal, not rash, observant, on lookout, politic, precautious, prudent, reasonable, reserved, restrained, safe, sagacious, strategic, tactful, temperate, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, watchful, wise, worldly-wise
Notes: discreet means 'judicious, prudent, showing discernment,' while discrete means 'detached, separate' and 'individually distinct'
Antonyms: careless, foolish, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless, thoughtless, uncareful, undiscerning
Main Entry: disenchanted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: let down
Synonyms: blasé, cynical, disappointed, disenthralled, disentranced, disillusioned, embittered, indifferent, jaundiced, knowing, mondaine, out of love, sick of, sophisticate, sophisticated, soured, undeceived, worldly, worldly-wise
Antonyms: enchanted, encouraged
Main Entry: disillusioned
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disappointed
Synonyms: blasé, broken, brought down to earth, debunked, disabused, disenchanted, disenthralled, disentranced, embittered, enlightened, freed, indifferent, knowing, let-down, mondaine, out of love, punctured, sadder and wiser, shattered, sophisticated, undeceived, worldly, worldly-wise
Antonyms: enchanted, encouraged, enthusiastic
Main Entry: experienced
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: knowledgeable, knowing
Synonyms: accomplished, accustomed, adept, been around, been there, broken in, capable, competent, cultivated, dynamite, expert, familiar, having something on the ball, in the know, instructed, knowing one's stuff, knowing the score, mature, matured, old, old hand, practical, practiced, pro, professional, qualified, rounded, seasoned, skillful, sophisticated, sport, tested, the right stuff, trained, tried, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise
Antonyms: green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, unfamiliar, unknowledgeable, unseasoned, unsophisticated
Main Entry: judicious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wise, thoughtful
Synonyms: accurate, acute, astute, calculating, careful, cautious, circumspect, clear-sighted, considerate, considered, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminating, efficacious, enlightened, expedient, far-sighted, informed, judicial, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, prudent, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sober, sophisticated, sound, thorough, wary, well-advised, well-judged, worldly-wise
Antonyms: foolish, hasty, idiotic, injudicious, irrational, nonsensical, reckless, senseless, thoughtless, unwise
Main Entry: knowing
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: experienced, aware
Synonyms: alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, cool*, crack*, deliberate, discerning, expert, insightful, intelligent, intended, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, percipient, qualified, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophic, sophisticated, tuned-in, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, with-it, witting, worldly, worldly-wise
Antonyms: inexperienced, unaware, uncognizant, unknowing
Main Entry: practical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: experienced, proficient
Synonyms: accomplished, cosmopolitan, effective, efficient, qualified, seasoned, skilled, sophisticated, trained, versed, vet, veteran, working, worldly, worldly-wise
Antonyms: incapable, inefficient, inexperienced, unproficient, unseasoned, unskilled, untrained, useless
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