wise
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