SAGACIOUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does sagacious mean? • SAGACIOUS (adjective)
The adjective SAGACIOUS has 2 senses:
1. acutely insightful and wise
2. skillful in statecraft or management
Familiarity information: SAGACIOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SAGACIOUS (adjective)
Meaning:
Acutely insightful and wise
Synonyms:
perspicacious; sagacious; sapient
Context examples:
much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument / observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions / a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators
Similar:
wise (having or prompted by wisdom or discernment)
Meaning:
Skillful in statecraft or management
Context example:
an astute and sagacious statesman
Similar:
politic (marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness)
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