WISENESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does wiseness mean?
• WISENESS (noun)
The noun WISENESS has 2 senses:
1. the quality of being prudent and sensible
2. the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
Familiarity information: WISENESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WISENESS (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being prudent and sensible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
wiseness; soundness; wisdom
Hypernyms ("wiseness" is a kind of...):
good; goodness (that which is pleasing or valuable or useful)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wiseness"):
advisability (the quality of being advisable)
reasonableness (goodness of reason and judgment)
Meaning:
The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
wisdom; wiseness
Hypernyms ("wiseness" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wiseness"):
judiciousness; sagaciousness; sagacity (the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating)
initiation; knowledgeability; knowledgeableness (wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge)
diplomacy; statecraft; statesmanship (wisdom in the management of public affairs)
discernment; discretion (the trait of judging wisely and objectively)
