WISE

fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise

(adjective) improperly forward or bold; “don’t be fresh with me”; “impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup”; “an impudent boy given to insulting strangers”; “Don’t get wise with me!”

knowing, wise, wise to

(adjective) evidencing the possession of inside information

judicious, wise, heady

(adjective) marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; “judicious use of one’s money”; “a wise decision”

wise

(adjective) having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; “a wise leader”; “a wise and perceptive comment”

wise

(noun) a way of doing or being; “in no wise”; “in this wise”

Wise, Isaac Mayer Wise

(noun) United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)

Wise, Stephen Samuel Wise

(noun) United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

wise (comparative wiser or more wise, superlative wisest or most wise)

Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

(colloquial, ironic) Disrespectful.

(colloquial) Aware, informed.

Usage notes

• nouns that often collocate with wise: person, decision, advice, counsel, saying, adage, proverb etc.

• even though wise is an antonym of foolish, it does not mean smart or intelligent, which is also an antonym of foolish.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:wise

Antonyms

• unwise

• foolish

Verb

wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised)

To become wise.

(ergative, slang) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.

Etymology 2

Noun

wise (plural wises)

(archaic) Way, manner, method.

Etymology 3

Verb

wise (third-person singular simple present wises, present participle wising, simple past and past participle wised)

(dialectal) to instruct

(dialectal) to advise; induce

(dialectal) to show the way, guide

(dialectal) to direct the course of, pilot

(dialectal) to cause to turn

Proper noun

Wise

A surname.

A town, the county seat of Wise County, Virginia, United States.

Noun

WISE (plural WISEs)

(aviation, nautical) Acronym of wing-in-surface effect.

Synonyms

• wing-in-surface-effect, wing in surface-effect, wing-in-surface effect, wing in surface effect

Proper noun

WISE

(space science, US) Acronym of Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. (a NASA infrared-wavelength astronomical space telescope that performed an all-sky astronomical survey with images in 3-22 μm wavelength bands)

Source: Wiktionary

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Wise, a. [Compar. Wiser; superl. Wisest.] Etym: [OE. wis, AS. wis; akin to OS. & OFries. wis, D. wijs, G. weise, OHG. wis, wisi, Icel. viss, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Goth. weis; akin to wit, v. i. See Wit, v., and cf. Righteous, Wisdom.]

1. Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Jer. iv. 22.

2. Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious. When clouds appear, wise men put their cloaks. Shak. From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation. 2 Tim. iii. 15.

3. Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination. Fal. There was, mine host, an old fat woman even now with me; but she's gone. Sim. Pray you, sir, was't not the wise woman of Brentford Shak.

4. Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty. [R.] "Thou art . . . no novice, but a governor wily and wise." Chaucer. Nor, on the other side, Will I be penuriously wise As to make money, that's my slave, my idol. Beau. & Fl. Lords do not care for me: I am too wise to die yet. Ford.

5. Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination. "Eminent in wise deport." Milton. To make it wise, to make it a matter of deliberation. [Obs.] " We thought it was not worth to make it wise." Chaucer.

– Wise in years, old enough to be wise; wise from age and experience; hence, aged; old. [Obs.] A very grave, state bachelor, my dainty one; He's wise in years, and of a temperate warmth. Ford. You are too wise in years, too full of counsel, For my green experience. Ford.

Wise, a. Etym: [OE. wise, AS. wise; akin to OS. wisa, OFries. wis, D. wijs, wijze, OHG. wisa, G. weise, Sw. vis, Dan. viis, Icel. övis otherwise; from the root of E. wit; hence, originally, knowledge, skill. See Wit, v., and cf. Guise.]

Definition: Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion. "All armed in complete wise." Spenser. To love her in my beste wyse. Chaucer. This song she sings in most commanding wise. Sir P. Sidney. Let not these blessings then, sent from above, Abused be, or spilt in profane wise. Fairfax.

Note: This word is nearly obsolete, except in such phrases as in any wise, in no wise, on this wise, etc. " Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil." Ps. xxxvii. 8. "He shall in no wise lose his reward." Matt. x. 42. " On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel." Num. vi. 23.

Note: Wise is often used as a suffix in composition, as in likewise, nowise, lengthwise, etc., in which words -ways is often substituted with the same sense; as, noways, lengthways, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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