Wise

Adjective

 * 1) Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
 * Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
 * They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
 * 1)  Disrespectful.
 * Don't get wise with me!

Antonyms

 * unwise
 * foolish

Derived terms

 * crack wise
 * wisdom
 * wiseacre
 * wise apple
 * wiseass
 * wisecrack
 * wise guy


 * wise-hearted
 * wiseling
 * wiselike
 * wiseness
 * wizen
 * wizard
 * word to the wise

Verb

 * 1) To become wise.
 * 2)  Usually with "up", to inform.
 * Mo wised him up about his situation.
 * 1)  Usually with "up", to learn.
 * ''After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.

Noun

 * 1)  Way, manner.
 * 2) * 1850 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Burden of Nineveh, lines 2-5
 * ... the prize
 * Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, —
 * Her Art for ever in fresh wise
 * From hour to hour rejoicing me.
 * 1) * 1866, Algernon Swinburne, A Ballad of Life, lines 28-30
 * A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;
 * The token of him being upon this wise
 * Made for a sign of Lust.

Derived terms

 * -wise

Verb

 * 1)  to instruct
 * 2)  to advise; induce
 * 3)  to show the way, guide
 * 4)  to direct the course of, pilot
 * 5)  to cause to turn

Adverbs for Wise
infinitely; unassailably; astutely; incomparably; surpassingly; particularly; ripely; expertly; sufficiently; supremely; honestly; darkly; cunningly; cleverly; divinely; magisterially; genially; ruthlessly; eternally; detestably; whimsically; significantly; pointedly; prophetically; affectionately; modestly; indubitably; scarcely; financially; discreetly; practically; profoundly; politically; usually; selfishly; surprisingly; undeniably; instinctively; intuitively; sensibly; judicially; capably; sagaciously; acutely; intelligently; sagely; cannily; coolly; equitably; solidly; discerningly.

Thesaurus
MO, abstruse, acute, advantageous, advisable, alert, algorithm, all-knowing, angle, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending, apprehensive, approach, appropriate, arrogant, artful, aspect, astute, attack, aware, becoming, befitting, biggety, bold, bold-faced, brash, bright, broad-minded, cagey, canny, cheeky, civilized, cocky, cogitative, cognizant, comprehending, configuration, congruous, conscious, contemplative, convenient, course, crafty, cultivated, cultured, cunning, decent, deep, desirable, discerning, discreet, educated, effect, eidolon, encyclopedic, erudite, expedient, facet, fashion, favorable, feasible, feature, felicitous, figure, fit, fitten, fitting, flip, flippant, foresighted, form, forward, fresh, fructuous, gestalt, gnostic, good, grasping, guise, happy, hardheaded, hep, hoaxproof, image, imago, impertinent, impression, impudent, insightful, insolent, intelligent, intuitive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, light, likely, likeness, line, line of action, lineaments, lines, lippy, literate, look, manner, manner of working, means, meet, method, methodology, mindful, mode, mode of operation, mode of procedure, modus, modus operandi, nervy, nimble-witted, not born yesterday, omniscient, on the beam, opportune, order, pansophic, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, pert, phase, phasis, politic, polyhistoric, polymath, polymathic, practical, practice, prehensile, procacious, procedure, proceeding, process, profitable, profound, proper, provident, prudent, quick, quick-witted, realistic, recommendable, reference, reflective, regard, respect, right, routine, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sassy, saucy, scholarly, scholastic, seasonable, seeming, seemly, semblance, sensible, sensing, shape, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, side, simulacrum, slant, slick, slippery, smart, smart-alecky, smooth, sophic, sophisticated, sortable, steel-trap, studious, style, suitable, system, tack, tactical, technique, the drill, the how, the way of, thoughtful, timely, to be desired, tone, total effect, tough-minded, tricky, twist, uncullible, undeceivable, undeludable, understanding, undupable, unfoolable, ungullible, unhoaxable, unseduceable, useful, view, viewpoint, way, well-timed, wily, wise as Solomon, worthwhile

Etymology 1
From wis:, from, from a participle form of. Cognate with Dutch wijs:, German weise:, Swedish vis:. Compare wit:.

Etymology 2
From wise:, from. Cognate with Dutch wijze:, German Weise:, Swedish visa:, vis:, Italian guisa:, Spanish guisa:. Compare -wise:.

Etymology 3
From wisen:, from  wisian:, from, from. Cognate with wijzen:,  weisen:,  vise:.

Adjective

 * Albanian: urtë
 * Arabic:
 * Azerbaijani: ağıllı
 * Belarusian: мудры
 * Bulgarian: мъдър
 * Catalan: savi
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 英明,  高明
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჭკვიანი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: σοφός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: bijaksana, bijak,  wicak
 * Irish: críonna
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 賢い, 賢明
 * Kannada: ಜಾಣ
 * Korean: 현명한, 총명한


 * Lao: ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: gudrs
 * Macedonian: мудар
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Persian: دانا
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: cu scaun la cap,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: crìonna, glic, seanacheannach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мудар
 * Roman: mudar
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: moder, modra , modro
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: staarabu
 * Swedish: vis (1), klok
 * Telugu: తెలివైన
 * Thai: เฉลียวฉลาด
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: мудрий
 * Vietnamese:
 * Warlpiri: pina
 * Welsh: cymen