wise

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment

- a wise leader

- a wise and perceptive comment

Similar word(s): advisable, advised, politic, prudent, omniscient, perspicacious, sagacious, sapient, owlish, sapiential, sage

2. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

- a wise decision

Similar word(s): prudent, heady, judicious

3. evidencing the possession of inside information

Similar word(s): informed, knowing

4. improperly forward or bold

- Don't get wise with me!

Similar word(s): forward, fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, smart

Sentences with wise as an adjective:

- Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.

- They were considered the wise old men of the administration.

- "It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish" - Aeschylus

noun

1. a way of doing or being

- in no wise

- in this wise

Definition categories: attribute, fashion, manner, mode, style, way

verb

1. To become wise.

2. (ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.

- Mo wised him up about his situation.

- After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.

3. (dialectal) to instruct

4. (dialectal) to advise; induce

5. (dialectal) to show the way, guide

6. (dialectal) to direct the course of, pilot

7. (dialectal) to cause to turn