Wise

//waɪz//

Synonyms for "wise" (292 found)

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Closest matches (59)

Strong matches (87)

Related words (146)

mo mode mode of operation mode of procedure modus modus operandi nervy nice nimble-witted not born yesterday omniscient on the beam opportune order owlish pansophic perceptive percipient pert phase

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Adjective(16 words)

oracular perspicacious politic profound prudent quick on the uptake quick-witted quickwitted reasonable sagacious sage sapient sensible sharp as a tack subtle witful

Adjective(5 words)

overbold sassy saucy smart wise to

Noun(4 words)

wing in surface effect wing in surface-effect wing-in-surface effect wing-in-surface-effect

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

5 entries

fashion manner mode style way

More specific

2 entries

shrewd streetwise

Antonyms

3 entries

foolish unwise

Synonyms

7 entries

impertinent isaac mayer wise judicious stephen samuel wise wig wing in surface effect wise to

Related terms

3 entries

intelligent learned wily

derived

48 entries

WISE aeroplane WISE aircraft WISE airplane WISE plane WISE ship Wise County Wise Creek alwise blow wise to crack wise get wise in like wise it is a wise child that knows his own father it is easy to be wise after the event not wise nowise

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distinct from

1 entries

foolish

etymologically related_to

1 entries

wit

has context

8 entries

adjective aviation dialectal ironic nautical slang space science us

is a

1 entries

manner

related to

34 entries

advisable advise cause county seat direct direction field guide induce inform infrared instruct learn man manner matter

Showing 16 of 34 words.

similar

20 entries

advisable advised all knowing all-knowing forward informed omniscient owlish perspicacious politic prudent sagacious sage

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Translations

153 translations across 90 languages.

Adyghe

1 entries

ӏуш adj (showing good judgement)

Albanian

1 entries

urtë adj (showing good judgement)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

σοφός adj (showing good judgement)

Arabic

4 entries

حَكِيم adj (showing good judgement)
عَاقِل adj (showing good judgement)
فَطُن adj (showing good judgement)
فَطِن adj (showing good judgement)

Armenian

1 entries

իմաստուն adj (showing good judgement)

Aromanian

1 entries

mintimen adj (showing good judgement)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries

ܗܲܘܢܵܢܵܐ adj (showing good judgement)
ܚܲܟܝܼܡܵܐ adj (showing good judgement)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

ağıllı adj (showing good judgement)
hikmətli adj (showing good judgement)
müdrik adj (showing good judgement)

Belarusian

2 entries

му́дры adj (showing good judgement)
разу́мны adj (showing good judgement)

Bulgarian

2 entries

мъ́дър adj (showing good judgement)
у́мен adj (showing good judgement)

Catalan

1 entries

savi adj (showing good judgement)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

明智 adj (showing good judgement)
聰明 /聪明 adj (showing good judgement)
英明 adj (showing good judgement)
高明 adj (showing good judgement)

Church Slavic

1 entries

мѫдръ adj (showing good judgement)

Czech

2 entries

moudrý adj (showing good judgement)
rozumný adj (showing good judgement)

Danish

2 entries

klog adj (showing good judgement)
vis adj (showing good judgement)

Dutch

1 entries

wijs adj (showing good judgement)

Esperanto

2 entries

klera adj (informed)
saĝa adj (showing good judgement)

Estonian

1 entries

tark adj (showing good judgement)

Finnish

1 entries

viisas adj (showing good judgement)

French

1 entries

sage adj (showing good judgement)

Galician

1 entries

sabio adj (showing good judgement)

Georgian

2 entries

ბრძენი adj (showing good judgement)
ჭკვიანი adj (showing good judgement)

German

3 entries

klug adj (showing good judgement)
weise adj (showing good judgement)
wiis adj (showing good judgement)

Gothic

3 entries

𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌲𐍃 adj (showing good judgement)
𐍃𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 adj (showing good judgement)
𐍆𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 adj (showing good judgement)

Greek

1 entries

σοφός adj (showing good judgement)

Hebrew

1 entries

חָכָם adj (showing good judgement)

Hindi

2 entries

बुद्धिमान adj (showing good judgement)
सयाना adj (showing good judgement)

Hungarian

1 entries

bölcs adj (showing good judgement)

Icelandic

1 entries

vís adj (showing good judgement)

Indonesian

3 entries

bijak adj (showing good judgement)
bijaksana adj (showing good judgement)
wicak adj (showing good judgement)

Ingrian

1 entries

viisas adj (showing good judgement)

Irish

4 entries

críonna adj (showing good judgement)
céillí adj (showing good judgement)
fáidhiúil adj (showing good judgement)
seanchríonna adj (showing good judgement)

Italian

1 entries

saggio adj (showing good judgement)

Japanese

2 entries

賢い adj (showing good judgement)
賢明な adj (showing good judgement)

Kannada

1 entries

ಜಾಣ adj (showing good judgement)

Karakhanid

1 entries

بِلْكا adj (showing good judgement)

Kashmiri

2 entries

گاٹُل adj (showing good judgement)
गाटुल adj (showing good judgement)

Kazakh

2 entries

дана adj (showing good judgement)
данышпан adj (showing good judgement)

Khmer

4 entries

ប្រតិពល adj (showing good judgement)
ប្រាជ្ញ adj (showing good judgement)
ប្រាជ្ញា adj (showing good judgement)
វិទូ adj (showing good judgement)

Korean

4 entries

명철하다 adj (showing good judgement)
슬기롭다 adj (showing good judgement)
지혜롭다 adj (showing good judgement)
현명하다 adj (showing good judgement)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

акылман adj (showing good judgement)
даанышман adj (showing good judgement)

Lao

2 entries

ສະຫລາດ adj (showing good judgement)
ສັບປັນຍາ adj (showing good judgement)

Latgalian

1 entries

gudrys adj (showing good judgement)

Latin

2 entries

cordātus adj (showing good judgement)
sapiens adj (showing good judgement)

Latvian

1 entries

gudrs adj (showing good judgement)

Lithuanian

1 entries

išmintingas adj (showing good judgement)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

mudry adj (showing good judgement)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

klug adj (showing good judgement)

Macedonian

1 entries

му́дар adj (showing good judgement)

Malay

2 entries

bijak adj (showing good judgement)
bijaksana adj (showing good judgement)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

endza hikima adj (showing good judgement)

Navajo

1 entries

hóyą́ adj (showing good judgement)

Norman

1 entries

sage adj (showing good judgement)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

klok adj (showing good judgement)
vis adj (showing good judgement)

Occitan

1 entries

savi adj (showing good judgement)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

мудръ adj (showing good judgement)

Old English

1 entries

wīs adj (showing good judgement)

Old Turkic

1 entries

𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀 adj (showing good judgement)

Persian

3 entries

خردمند adj (showing good judgement)
دانا adj (showing good judgement)
زنیر adj (showing good judgement)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

weis adj (showing good judgement)

Polish

1 entries

mądry adj (showing good judgement)

Portuguese

2 entries

sensato adj (showing good judgement)
sábio adj (showing good judgement)

Rapa Nui

1 entries

maori adj (showing good judgement)

Romanian

2 entries

cu scaun la cap adj (showing good judgement)
înțelept adj (showing good judgement)

Russian

3 entries

му́дрый adj (showing good judgement)
разу́мный adj (showing good judgement)
у́мный adj (showing good judgement)

Sanskrit

1 entries

कवि adj (showing good judgement)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

crìonna adj (showing good judgement)
glic adj (showing good judgement)
seanacheannach adj (showing good judgement)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

múdar adj (showing good judgement)
ȗman adj (showing good judgement)
му́дар adj (showing good judgement)
у̑ман adj (showing good judgement)

Slovak

3 entries

múdry adj (showing good judgement)
rozumný adj (showing good judgement)
umný adj (showing good judgement)

Slovene

1 entries

moder adj (showing good judgement)

Spanish

3 entries

juicioso adj (showing good judgement)
sabio adj (showing good judgement)
sapiente adj (showing good judgement)

Swahili

1 entries

staarabu adj (showing good judgement)

Swedish

2 entries

klok adj (showing good judgement)
vis adj (showing good judgement)

Tagalog

1 entries

marunong adj (showing good judgement)

Tajik

3 entries

донишманд adj (showing good judgement)
доно adj (showing good judgement)
хирадманд adj (showing good judgement)

Tamil

1 entries

சாது adj (showing good judgement)

Telugu

1 entries

తెలివైన adj (showing good judgement)

Thai

2 entries

ฉลาด adj (showing good judgement)
เฉลียวฉลาด adj (showing good judgement)

Turkish

2 entries

akıllı adj (showing good judgement)
bilge adj (showing good judgement)

Turkmen

1 entries

paýhasly adj (showing good judgement)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎈𐎋𐎎 adj (showing good judgement)

Ukrainian

2 entries

му́дрий adj (showing good judgement)
розу́мний adj (showing good judgement)

Unami

1 entries

lëpwe adj (showing good judgement)

Urdu

2 entries

بدھمان adj (showing good judgement)
دانش مند adj (showing good judgement)

Uzbek

2 entries

donishmand adj (showing good judgement)
dono adj (showing good judgement)

Vietnamese

1 entries

khôn adj (showing good judgement)

Warlpiri

1 entries

pina adj (showing good judgement)

Welsh

2 entries

cymen adj (showing good judgement)
doeth adj (showing good judgement)

Welsh-Romani

1 entries

gožvalo adj (showing good judgement)

West-Frisian

1 entries

wiis adj (showing good judgement)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You made a wise choice.

Source: tatoeba (16170)

It is not wise to put your money on a horse.

Source: tatoeba (17269)

It was wise of you to ask him for help.

Source: tatoeba (17755)

It was wise of you to take your umbrella with you.

Source: tatoeba (17847)

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