WISE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Wise mean?
• WISE (noun)
The noun WISE has 3 senses:
1. a way of doing or being
2. United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
3. United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
Familiarity information: WISE used as a noun is uncommon.
• WISE (adjective)
The adjective WISE has 4 senses:
1. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
2. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
3. evidencing the possession of inside information
4. improperly forward or bold
Familiarity information: WISE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• WISE (noun)
Meaning:
A way of doing or being
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context examples:
in no wise / in this wise
Hypernyms ("wise" is a kind of...):
fashion; manner; mode; style; way (how something is done or how it happens)
Meaning:
United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Stephen Samuel Wise; Wise
Instance hypernyms:
religious leader (leader of a religious order)
Meaning:
United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Isaac Mayer Wise; Wise
Instance hypernyms:
religious leader (leader of a religious order)
• WISE (adjective)
Meaning:
Having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
Context examples:
a wise leader / a wise and perceptive comment
Similar:
sapiential (characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God)
owlish (resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance)
perspicacious; sagacious; sapient (acutely insightful and wise)
all-knowing; omniscient (infinitely wise)
sage (having wisdom that comes with age and experience)
Also:
prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)
politic (marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness)
advisable (worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise)
advised; well-advised (having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel)
Antonym:
foolish (devoid of good sense or judgment)
Meaning:
Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
Synonyms:
heady; judicious; wise
Context examples:
judicious use of one's money / a wise decision
Similar:
prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)
Meaning:
Evidencing the possession of inside information
Synonyms:
knowing; wise to; wise
Similar:
informed (having much knowledge or education)
Meaning:
Improperly forward or bold
Synonyms:
sassy; overbold; saucy; impudent; impertinent; smart; wise; fresh
Context examples:
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!
Similar:
forward (used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty)
