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WISE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A way of doing or being
Example:
in this wise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("wise" is a kind of...):
fashion; manner; mode; style; way (how something is done or how it happens)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
Synonyms:
Isaac Mayer Wise; Wise
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
religious leader (leader of a religious order)
Sense 3
Meaning:
United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)
Synonyms:
Stephen Samuel Wise; Wise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
religious leader (leader of a religious order)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Improperly forward or bold
Example:
Don't get wise with me!
Synonyms:
fresh; impertinent; impudent; overbold; sassy; saucy; smart; wise
Classified under:
Similar:
forward (used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Evidencing the possession of inside information
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
informed (having much knowledge or education)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
Example:
a wise decision
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)
Derivation:
wiseness (the quality of being prudent and sensible)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
Example:
a wise and perceptive comment
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
all-knowing; omniscient (infinitely wise)
perspicacious; sagacious; sapient (acutely insightful and wise)
owlish (resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance)
sapiential (characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God)
sage (having wisdom that comes with age and experience)
Also:
advisable (worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise)
advised; well-advised (having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel)
politic (marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness)
prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)
Antonym:
foolish (devoid of good sense or judgment)
Derivation:
wiseness (the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb wise
Context examples:
At last, however, his wise men said, “this will not do; the king must marry again, that we may have a queen.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Anne could only feel that Charles Hayter was wise.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
And Bidarshik says that my words be wise.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Ah, we were wise to keep from her the affair of the dreadful night of Lucy's sleep-walking.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Dave was fair and very wise.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
But his fellows grew wise in their own way; and in this White Fang grew wise with them.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“Or like a wise man looking upon fools and wishing he, too, were a fool,” I laughed.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The wisest and the best of men—nay, the wisest and best of their actions—may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Do you want to be told that you are only unlike other people in being more wise and discreet?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A solution intended for administration in a drop-wise fashion.
(Drop Solution Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
