| Main Entry: | sapient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sagacious |
Synonyms: |
acute, astucious, astute, cagey, canny, clear-sighted, clever, contemplative, discerning, discriminating, educated, enlightened, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, informed, insightful, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, reflective, sage, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, thoughtful, wise |
| Main Entry: | brainy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent |
Synonyms: |
bright, brilliant, clever, intellectual, sapient, smart |
| 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: | keen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent |
Synonyms: |
Einstein, astute, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, discerning, discriminating, nobody's fool, perceptive, perspicacious, quick, sagacious, sapient, sensitive, sharp, sharp as a tack, shrewd, whiz, wise |
Antonyms: |
idiotic, ignorant, obtuse, stupid |
| Main Entry: | learned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-informed |
Synonyms: |
abstruse, academic, accomplished, bookish, brainy, conversant, cultivated, cultured, deep*, educated, erudite, esoteric, experienced, expert, grave, grounded, highbrow, in the know, intellectual, judicious, lettered, literary, literate, omniscient, pansophic, pedantic, philosophic, philosophical, polymath, posted, professorial, recondite, sage, sapient, scholarly, scientific, sharp, skilled, solemn, solid, sound, studied, studious, versed, well-educated, well-grounded, well-read, well-rounded |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, stupid, uninformed |
| Main Entry: | philosophical/philosophic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking deeply, rationally |
Synonyms: |
abstract, cogitative, deep, erudite, judicious, learned, logical, pensive, profound, rational, reflective, sagacious, sapient, theoretical, thoughtful, wise |
Antonyms: |
irrational, narrow-minded, thoughtless, unreasonable |
| 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: | reasonable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | moderate, tolerable |
Synonyms: |
acceptable, analytical, average, cheap, circumspect, conservative, controlled, discreet, equitable, fair, feasible, fit, honest, humane, impartial, inexpensive, judicious, just, justifiable, knowing, legit, legitimate, low-cost, low-priced, making sense, modest, objective, okay, plausible, politic, proper, prudent, rational, reflective, restrained, right, sane, sapient, sensible, sound, standing to reason, temperate, understandable, unexcessive, unextreme, valid, within reason |
Antonyms: |
expensive, intolerable, outrageous, unreasonable |
| 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: | sage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise |
Synonyms: |
astute, aware, careful, clever, contemplative, cunning, discerning, educated, enlightened, experienced, foresighted, informed, insightful, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, perceptive, reflective, sagacious, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, thoughtful, understanding |