Word Type

Verb

Proper Noun

Adjective

Noun

Adjective

The word "wise" can be used as verb, proper noun, adjective, noun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

foolish foolish unwise

Derived Terms

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 penny wise and pound foolish put someone wise seawise three wise men wisdom wise aleck wise apple wise as an owl wise beyond one's years wise gal wise guy wise head on young shoulders wise man wise off wise up wise woman wise-apple wise-ass wise-cracking wise-guy wise-hearted wise-like wiseass wisecrack wiselike wiseling wisen wiseness wizard word to the wise worldly wise you can't put a wise head on young shoulders

Distinct From

foolish

Etymologically Related To

wit

Context

adjective aviation dialectal ironic nautical slang space science us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

fashion manner mode style way

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

shrewd streetwise

Type Of (IsA)

manner

Related Terms

intelligent learned wily

Related Terms

advisable advise cause county seat direct direction field guide induce inform infrared instruct learn man manner matter method old old man orientation pilot politic prudent regard show smart survey turn usa virginia way well advised wide wise county

Similar Terms

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

Synonym Network

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

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.