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wise

• (a) having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
  • a wise leader
  • a wise and perceptive comment
• (s) marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
  • judicious use of one's money
  • a wise decision
  heady, judicious,
• (s) evidencing the possession of inside information knowing, wise to,
• (s) improperly forward or bold
  • don't be fresh with me
  • impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
  • an impudent boy given to insulting strangers
  • Don't get wise with me!
  overbold, sassy, impudent, saucy, impertinent, smart, fresh,

Nouns

• (n) a way of doing or being
  • in no wise
  • in this wise
• (n) United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949) Stephen Samuel Wise,
• (n) United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900) Isaac Mayer Wise,

Synonyms

Stephen Samuel Wise heady judicious Isaac Mayer Wise knowing wise to overbold sassy impudent saucy impertinent smart fresh

Antonyms

foolish

See also

advisable advised well-advised politic prudent

Words of close approximity