Wisdom

['wɪzdəm]

Definition

(noun.) the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight.

(noun.) the quality of being prudent and sensible.

(noun.) ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight.

(noun.) accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment.

Typed by Essie--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity.

(a.) The results of wise judgments; scientific or practical truth; acquired knowledge; erudition.

Checker: Maisie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Sense, sapience, sagacity, judgment, judiciousness, prescience, discernment, depth, solidity, ballast, good sense, common sense, plain sense, enlarged views, reach or compass of thought, readiness in adapting means to ends.[2]. Knowledge, erudition, learning, attainment, information, enlightenment.[3]. Reasonableness, reason, right or just view.

Editor: Randolph

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Knowledge, erudition, learning, enlightenment, attainment, information,discernment, judgment, sagacity, prudence, light

ANT:Ignorance, illiterateness, sciolism, indiscernment, injudiciousness, folly,imprudence, darkness, empiricism, smattering, inacquaintance

Edited by Hamilton

Definition

n. quality of being wise: judgment: right use of knowledge: learning: (B.) skilfulness speculation spiritual perception: the apocryphal Book of the Wisdom of Solomon (see Apocrypha).—n. Wis′dom-tooth a large double back-tooth so called because it appears late when people are supposed to have arrived at the age of wisdom.

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