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Main Entry:	wise
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	intelligent, reasonable
Synonyms:	astute, aware, calculating, careful, clever, contemplative, crafty, cunning, discerning, discreet, educated, enlightened, erudite, experienced, grasping, informed, insightful, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious, politic, prudent, rational, reflective, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, scholarly, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smart, sound, tactful, taught, thoughtful, understanding, wary, well-informed, witty, cogitative, foresighted, sensing, sophic
Antonyms:	foolish, ignorant, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise

Main Entry:	alert
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	attentive, lively
Synonyms:	active, all ears, bright, cagey, careful, circumspect, clever, fast on the draw, good hands, heads up, heedful, hip, intelligent, jazzed, observant, on guard, on one's toes, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, perceptive, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired, wise, with it*
Antonyms:	asleep, drowsy, inattentive, lethargic, sluggish, unobservant, weary

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Main Entry:	aware
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	knowledgeable
Synonyms:	acquainted, alert, alive, appraised, appreciative, apprehensive, apprised, attentive, au courant, awake, cognizant, conscious, cool, enlightened, familiar, go-go, groovy, grounded, heedful, hip, in the know, in the picture, informed, into, know the score, know what's what, know-how, knowing, latched on, mindful, on the beam, on to, perceptive, plugged in, receptive, savvy, sensible, sentient, sharp, tuned in, up on, wise, wise to, wised up, with it*
Antonyms:	ignorant, insensitive, unaware, unconscious

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Main Entry:	canny
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	clever, artful
Synonyms:	able, acute, adroit, astute, cagey, careful, cautious, circumspect, cunning, dexterous, discreet, foxy, frugal, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, knowing, perspicacious, prudent, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, shrewd, skillful, slick, slippery, sly, smart, smooth, street smart, subtle, wary, watchful, wise, with it*, worldly-wise, having fancy footwork, hep, nimble-witted, streetwise
Antonyms:	foolish, inept, silly

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Main Entry:	clever
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	bright, ingenious
Synonyms:	able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty
Antonyms:	awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever

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Main Entry:	discerning
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	discriminating
Synonyms:	acute, astute, bright, brilliant, clever, critical, ingenious, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, sagacious, sage, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise, clear-sighted, gnostic, insighted, percipient
Antonyms:	neglectful, negligent, disregardful, overlooking, undiscerning, undiscriminating

Main Entry:	discreet
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	cautious, sensible
Synonyms:	alert, attentive, awake, cagey, calculating, careful, chary, circumspect, civil, conservative, considerate, diplomatic, discerning, discriminating, gingerly, guarded, heedful, intelligent, judicious, moderate, noncommittal, observant, politic, prudent, reasonable, reserved, restrained, safe, sagacious, strategic, tactful, temperate, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, watchful, wise, worldly-wise, controlled, having foresight, like a clam, not rash, on lookout, precautious
Notes:	discreet means 'judicious, prudent, showing discernment,' while discrete means 'detached, separate' and 'individually distinct'
Antonyms:	careless, foolish, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless, thoughtless, uncareful, undiscerning

Main Entry:	discriminating
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	critical
Synonyms:	acute, astute, careful, choosy, discerning, distinctive, eclectic, fastidious, finicky, fussy, judicious, keen, opinionated, particular, persnickety*, picky, prudent, refined, select, selective, sensitive, tasteful, wise, choicy, cultivated, finical, individualizing
Antonyms:	uncritical, undiscriminating

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Main Entry:	expedient
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	worthwhile, appropriate
Synonyms:	ad hoc, advantageous, advisable, beneficial, convenient, desirable, discreet, effective, feasible, fit, fitting, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, prudent, seasonable, suitable, tactical, timely, useful, utilitarian, wise
Antonyms:	inappropriate, inexpedient, unprofitable, unbeneficial, unworthwhile

Main Entry:	experienced
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	knowledgeable, knowing
Synonyms:	accomplished, accustomed, adept, been around, been there, broken in, capable, competent, cultivated, dynamite, expert, familiar, having something on the ball, in the know, instructed, knowing one's stuff, knowing the score, mature, matured, old, old hand*, practical, practiced, pro, professional, qualified, rounded, seasoned, skillful, sophisticated, sport, tested, the right stuff, trained, tried, versed, vet, veteran, well-versed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise
Antonyms:	green, ignorant, immature, inexperienced, unfamiliar, unknowledgeable, unseasoned, unsophisticated

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Main Entry:	far-sighted
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	looking ahead wisely
Synonyms:	acute, canny, cautious, clairvoyant, discerning, judicious, levelheaded, perceptive, politic, prescient, provident, prudent, sagacious, sage, shrewd, well-balanced, wise, commonsensical, cool-headed
Antonyms:	incautious, rash, shortsighted, unthinking, unwise, uncareful

Main Entry:	fearless
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	brave, unafraid
Synonyms:	assured, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, confident, courageous, crack, daring, dashing, dauntless, doughty, flip, fresh, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, icy, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, nervy, plucky, salty, sanguine, sassy, smart, spunky, sure, temerarious, undaunted, unflinching, valiant, valorous, wise, aweless, bodacious, chesty, cool hand, unabashed
Antonyms:	afraid, apprehensive, fearful, timid

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Main Entry:	highbrow
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	intellectual
Synonyms:	bookish, brainy*, cerebral, cultured, erudite, intelligent, learned, scholarly, studious, wise, cultivated, intellective

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Main Entry:	impudent
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	bold, shameless
Synonyms:	arrant, audacious, barefaced, blatant, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cheeky, cocky, cool, flip, forward, fresh, immodest, impertinent, insolent, nervy, pert, presumptuous, rude, sassy, saucy, smart, wise*, boldfaced, contumelious, off-base, overbold, procacious, smart-alecky, unabashed, unblushing
Antonyms:	humble, modest, polite, retiring

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Main Entry:	inform
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	communicate knowledge, information
Synonyms:	acquaint, advise, apprise, betray, blab*, brief, caution, clue, edify, educate, endow, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, forewarn, give away, illuminate, inspire, instruct, invest, leak, level, notify, post, relate, snitch, squeal, tattle, teach, tell, tip, tout, update, warn, wise, endue, give a pointer, give a tip, give two cents, let in on, let know, make conversant with, send word, show the ropes, tell on
Antonyms:	conceal, hide, secret

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Main Entry:	insightful
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	perceptive
Synonyms:	alert, astute, awake, aware, brainy, conscious, cute, discerning, ear to the ground, intelligent, intuitive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, knows what's what, observant, penetrating, penetrative, quick, responsive, savvy, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, smart, tuned in, understanding, wise

Main Entry:	intelligent
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	very smart
Synonyms:	able, acute, alert, alive, apt, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, calculating, capable, clever, creative, deep, discerning, enlightened, exceptional, highbrow, imaginative, ingenious, instructed, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, original, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, profound, quick, quick-witted, rational, ready, reasonable, resourceful, responsible, sage, sharp, smart, thinking, together, understanding, well-informed, whiz*, wise, witty, all there, comprehending
Antonyms:	foolish, idiotic, imbecile, stupid, unintelligent

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Main Entry:	knowing
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	experienced, aware
Synonyms:	alive, apprehensive, astute, awake, brainy, bright, brilliant, canny, clever, cognizant, competent, conscious, conversant, cool, crack, deliberate, discerning, expert, insightful, intelligent, intended, intentional, judicious, knowledgeable, observant, perceptive, qualified, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, sensible, sentient, sharp, skillful, slick*, smart, sophisticated, vigilant, watchful, well-informed, wise, worldly, worldly-wise, percipient, sophic, tuned-in, with-it, witting
Antonyms:	inexperienced, unaware, unknowing, uncognizant

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Main Entry:	knowledgeable
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	aware, educated
Synonyms:	abreast, acquainted, alert, appreciative, au courant, au fait, brainy*, bright, brilliant, clever, cognizant, conscious, conversant, discerning, erudite, experienced, familiar, informed, insightful, intelligent, knowing, learned, lettered, omniscient, perceptive, prescient, privy, quick-witted, sagacious, sage, savvy, scholarly, sensible, sharp, smart, sophisticated, understanding, versed, well-informed, well-rounded, wise, apprised, in the know, plugged in, posted, sophic, tuned-in, with-it
Antonyms:	ignorant, unaware, uneducated, uninformed

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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