Words That Mean Wise and Perceptive
Astute sees an advantage, sagacious sees the long run, circumspect looks around carefully before moving at all.
10 words
- Astuteadjective
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- Cannyadjective
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
- Circumspectadjective
heedful of potential consequences
- Eruditeadjective
having or showing profound knowledge
- Judiciousadjective
marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
- Perspicaciousadjective
mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
- Prescientadjective
perceiving the significance of events before they occur; -R.H.Rovere
- Prudentadjective
careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
- Sagaciousadjective
skillful in statecraft or management
- Shrewdadjective
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
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A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside wise and perceptive.