| Main Entry: | sagaciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wisdom |
Synonyms: |
acumen, astuteness, balance, brains, caution, circumspection, clear thinking, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, erudition, experience, foresight, good judgment, gumption*, horse sense, information, insight, intelligence, judgment, judiciousness, knowledge, learning, pansophy, penetration, perspicacity, poise, practicality, profundity, prudence, reason, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, savoir faire, savvy*, shrewdness, solidity, sophistication, stability, understanding |
| Main Entry: | gumption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nerve, initiative |
Synonyms: |
ability, acumen, astuteness, cleverness, commonsense, discernment, enterprise, get-up-and-go, good sense, horse sense, industry, judgment, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, resourcefulness, sagaciousness, sagacity, savvy, sense, shrewdness, spirit, wisdom, wit |
Antonyms: |
cowardice, naivety |
| Main Entry: | insight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intuitiveness, awareness |
Synonyms: |
acumen, click*, comprehension, discernment, divination, drift*, intuition, judgment, observation, penetration, perception, perceptivity, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, shrewdness, understanding, vision, wavelength, wisdom |
| Notes: | incite means to provoke or stir up while insight means clear or deep perception of a situation |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, stupidity |
| Main Entry: | wit/wits |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, intelligence |
Synonyms: |
acumen, acuteness, astucity, astuteness, awareness, balance, brainpower, brains, cleverness, common sense, comprehension, depth of perception, discernment, discrimination, esprit, grasp, ingenuity, insight, keenness, lucidity, marbles, mentality, mind, perception, perspicacity, practicality, prudence, rationality, reason, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, saneness, sanity, sapience, sense, shrewdness, soundness, understanding, wisdom |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, stupidity |
| Main Entry: | clear-sightedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discernment |
Synonyms: |
acumen, astuteness, discrimination, insightfulness, judgment, keenness, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness |
| Main Entry: | profundity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wisdom |
Synonyms: |
acumen, astuteness, balance, brains, caution, circumspection, clear thinking, comprehension, depth, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, erudition, experience, foresight, good judgment, gumption*, horse sense, information, insight, intelligence, judgment, judiciousness, knowledge, learning, pansophy, penetration, perspicacity, poise, practicality, prudence, reason, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sanity, sapience, savoir faire, savvy*, shrewdness, solidity, sophistication, stability, understanding |
| Main Entry: | sageness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wisdom |
Synonyms: |
acumen, astuteness, balance, brains, caution, circumspection, clear thinking, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, erudition, experience, foresight, good judgment, gumption*, horse sense, information, insight, intelligence, judgment, judiciousness, knowledge, learning, pansophy, penetration, perspicacity, poise, practicality, profundity, prudence, reason, sagaciousness, sagacity, sanity, sapience, savoir faire, savvy*, shrewdness, solidity, sophistication, stability, understanding |