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wiser
Overview of adj wise
The adj wise has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (13) wise -- (having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment")
2. (2) judicious, wise, heady -- (marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision")
3. knowing, wise, wise to -- (evidencing the possession of inside information)
4. fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise -- (improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!")
Antonyms of adj wise
4 senses of wise
Sense 1
wise (vs. foolish)
foolish (vs. wise)
=> absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, ridiculous
=> asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous
=> cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
=> fond
=> harebrained, insane, mad
=> ill-conceived, misguided
=> rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty
=> unwise
Sense 2
judicious, wise, heady
INDIRECT (VIA prudent) -> imprudent
Sense 3
knowing, wise(predicate), wise to(predicate)
INDIRECT (VIA informed) -> uninformed
Sense 4
fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise
INDIRECT (VIA forward) -> backward
Similarity of adj wise
4 senses of wise
Sense 1
wise (vs. foolish)
=> all-knowing, omniscient
=> perspicacious, sagacious, sapient
=> owlish
=> sapiential
=> sage
Also See> advisable#1; well-advised#1, advised#1; politic#1; prudent#1
Sense 2
judicious, wise, heady
=> prudent (vs. imprudent)
Sense 3
knowing, wise(predicate), wise to(predicate)
=> informed (vs. uninformed)
Sense 4
fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise
=> forward (vs. backward)
Pertainyms of adj wise
Attributes of adj wise
Domain of adj wise
Domain Terms of adj wise
Familiarity of adj wise
wise used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj wise
anticlockwise
clockwise
coastwise
contraclockwise
counterclockwise
crabwise
crosswise
lengthwise
otherwise
penny-wise
stepwise
streetwise
thwartwise
unwise
wise
wise to
worldly-wise
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