| Main Entry: | far-sighted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | looking ahead wisely |
Synonyms: |
acute, canny, cautious, clairvoyant, commonsensical, cool-headed, discerning, judicious, levelheaded, perceptive, politic, prescient, provident, prudent, sagacious, sage, shrewd, well-balanced, wise |
Antonyms: |
incautious, rash, shortsighted, uncareful, unthinking, unwise |
| Main Entry: | clairvoyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intuitive, psychic |
Synonyms: |
clear-sighted, discerning, extrasensory, far-sighted, farseeing, fey, judicious, long-sighted, new age, oracular, penetrating, perceptive, prescient, prophetic, second-sighted, sibylline, spiritualistic, telepathic, vatic, visionary |
| Main Entry: | judicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, thoughtful |
Synonyms: |
accurate, acute, astute, calculating, careful, cautious, circumspect, clear-sighted, considerate, considered, diplomatic, discerning, discreet, discriminating, efficacious, enlightened, expedient, far-sighted, informed, judicial, keen, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, profound, prudent, quick-witted, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, seasonable, seemly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sober, sophisticated, sound, thorough, wary, well-advised, well-judged, worldly-wise |
| Notes: | judicial means 'pertaining to judges or the courts' and judicious means 'prudent, carefully considered'; judicial refers to judgment as it is exercised by the court, judicious to judgment as exercised by an individual |
Antonyms: |
foolish, hasty, idiotic, injudicious, irrational, nonsensical, reckless, senseless, thoughtless, unwise |
| Main Entry: | levelheaded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonable, calm |
Synonyms: |
all there, balanced, collected, commonsensical, composed, cool, cool as cucumber, coolheaded, dependable, discreet, even-tempered, far-sighted, in one's right mind, judicious, practical, prudent, rational, sane, self-possessed, sensible, steady, together, unflappable, wise, with all marbles |
Antonyms: |
nervous, unreasonable, upset |
| Main Entry: | provident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, frugal |
Synonyms: |
canny, cautious, discreet, economical, expedient, far-sighted, foresighted, judicious, penny-pinching, politic, prepared, prudent, sagacious, saving, shrewd, sparing, thrifty, tight, unwasteful, vigilant, well-prepared, wise |
Antonyms: |
careless, improvident, spendthrift, wasteful |
| Main Entry: | prudent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, sensible in action and thought |
Synonyms: |
advisable, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, discerning, discreet, economical, far-sighted, frugal, hedging one's bets, judgmatic, judicious, leery, playing safe, politic, provident, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, shrewd, sound, sparing, tactical, thinking twice, thrifty, vigilant, wary |
Antonyms: |
careless, imprudent, incautious, unwise |
| Main Entry: | rational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic; of sound mind |
Synonyms: |
all there, analytical, balanced, calm, cerebral, circumspect, cognitive, collected, cool*, deductive, deliberate, discerning, discriminating, enlightened, far-sighted, impartial, intellectual, intelligent, judicious, knowing, levelheaded, logical, lucid, normal, objective, perspicacious, philosophic, prudent, ratiocinative, reasonable, reasoning, reflective, sagacious, sane, sensible, sober, sound, stable, synthetic, thinking, thoughtful, together, well-advised, wise |
Antonyms: |
irrational, ridiculous, unrealistic, unreasonable, unsound |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sane, healthy |
Synonyms: |
all there, balanced, circumspect, compos mentis, discerning, discreet, enlightened, far-sighted, fine, fit, hale, in good health, in the pink, judicious, lucid, normal, penetrating, rational, reasonable, sound, unimpaired, up to par, well, wise |
Antonyms: |
insane, mad, unfit, unhealthy |
| Main Entry: | sagacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smart, judicious |
Synonyms: |
acute, apt, astucious, astute, cagey, canny, clear-sighted, clever, cool*, discerning, discriminating, far-sighted, foxy*, gnostic, heady, hip*, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, prudent, rational, sage, sapient, savvy*, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, sophic, wise, witty |
Antonyms: |
careless, foolish, ignorant, stupid |
| Main Entry: | sensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, reasonable |
Synonyms: |
all there, astute, attentive, au courant, aware, canny, cognizant, commonsensical, conscious, consequent, conversant, cool*, discerning, discreet, discriminating, down-to-earth, far-sighted, having all one's marbles, in right mind, informed, intelligent, judicious, knowing, logical, matter-of-fact, practical, prudent, rational, sagacious, sage, sane, sentient, shrewd, sober, sound, together, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, wise, witting |
Antonyms: |
indiscreet, senseless, unrealistic, unreasonable, unwise |